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Aureus - Licinius IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Nicomedia

Aureus - Licinius (IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Nicomedia) - obverseAureus - Licinius (IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Nicomedia) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Licinius I (308-324)
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 313
Value Aureus (10)
Currency Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition Gold
Weight 5.24 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
388566
References RIC VII# 4
Patrick Magnus Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.7.nic.4
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Licinius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LICINIVS AVGVSTVS

Translation: Licinius emperor

Reverse

Jupiter, naked except for cloak over left shoulder, standing front, head left, holding Victory, winged, draped, standing right, holding wreath up in right hand, on globe, on extended right hand and vertical sceptre in left: at feet left, eagle, standing front, body inclined left, head right, holding wreath.
Mintmakr in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG

Unabridged legend: IOVI CONSERVATORI DVORVM AVGVSTORVM

Translation: to Jupiter the Protector of the two emperors

Mint

SMN Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey

Comments

Weight varies from 5.24g-5.31g

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