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Source Description
Obverse: Bust of Licinius II, draped with cloak, frontal. Reverse: Jupiter, enthroned, frontal, holding scepter in left hand and Victory in right hand; Victory, right, offers a wreath; eagle of Jupiter to left below, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, Γ (officina mark).
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Document identity
localId
26393
label
Aureus of Licinius
core
obj
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
26393
sourceUrl
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object
stage
normalized
title
Aureus of Licinius
description
Obverse: Bust of Licinius II, draped with cloak, frontal. Reverse: Jupiter, enthroned, frontal, holding scepter in left hand and Victory in right hand; Victory, right, offers a wreath; eagle of Jupiter to left below, holding wreath in beak; in exergue, Γ (officina mark).
provenance
Edward Gans, New York, [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
date
321-322 CE (Late Antique)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
coins
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Max diam: 13/16 in. (2.16 cm); axis: 12:00
Source extras
cul
Byzantine
inscriptions
[Inscription
Latin; obverse] LICINIVS AVG(ustus) OB D(iem) V (quinquennalium) FILII SVI [Translation] Licinius Augustus on the occasion of his son’s fifth birthday [Inscription
Latin; reverse] IOVI CONS(ervatori) LICINI(us) AVG(ustus); platform inscribed
SIC X SIC XX; in exergue
S(acra) M(oneta) N(icomediae) [Translation] Licinius Augustus (makes a vow) to Jupiter the Protector: just as (he has ruled for) ten (years
) so (let him rule for) twenty; sacred mint of Nicomedia
third mint office
med
gold; struck
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6640
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none
exhibition_ids
246
2752
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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9d64a531def6a8ea
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no
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2
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photo
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