
Contributor: Teresa Darling.
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Issuer: | LICINIUS II, Caesar AD 317-324, under Licinius I. AE3. |
Obverse: | D. N. VAL. LICIN. LICINIVS NOB. C., His crested, helmeted and cuirassed bust to the left, holding spear and shield. |
Reverse: | IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter, half naked, standing to the left, holding sceptre and victory on globe. Captive and eagle at his feet. X/IIr in right field. SMKD in exergue. |
Reference: | RIC VII 18 Cyzicus mint. Grade: EF |
Comments: | For more information, read the "Licinius" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis. For recent scholarship on Licinius see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. | |
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