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Nummus - Licinius I PROVIDENTIAE AVGG; Heraclea

Nummus - Licinius I (PROVIDENTIAE AVGG; Heraclea) - obverseNummus - Licinius I (PROVIDENTIAE AVGG; Heraclea) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Licinius I (308-324)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 318-320
Value Nummus / Follis (1⁄180)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Bronze
Weight 2.85 g
Diameter 20 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
448316
References RIC VII# 43
Patrick Magnus Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.7.her.43
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Licinius, laureate, draped, left, holding sceptre in right hand and mappa in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP LICI-NIVS AVG

Unabridged legend: Imperator Licinius Augustus.

Translation: Supreme Commander Licinius I, emperor.

Reverse

Camp gate with three turrets, without doors, five to seven stone layers.
Dot followed by mintmark and officina in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering: PROVIDENT-IAE AVGG

Unabridged legend: Providentiae duorum Augustorum.

Translation: [Dedicated to] the foresight of the two emperors.

Mint

SMH Heraclea, modern-day Marmara Ereğli, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (318-320)  2nd Officina (•SMHB)

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