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Coin of Licinius

Roman (Artist)
313-317 CE (Late Antique)
bronze (with silver wash?); struck

Obverse: Head of Licinius, laureate, right; beaded border. Reverse: Jupiter, standing frontal, nude except for a cloak, holding staff in the left hand, Victory in the right; Victory, standing right, draped, crowning Jupiter with a wreath; to the lower left, an eagle facing left, head turned back right, holding wreath in its beak; in field to right, B (officina mark); beaded border.

Inscription

[Inscription, Latin; obverse] IMP(erator) C(aius) VAL(erius) LICIN(ianus) LICINIVS P(ius) F(elix) AVG(ustus) [Translation] Imperator, Caius Valerius Licinianus Licinius, pious, lucky Augustus [Inscription, Latin; reverse] IOVI CONSERVATORI; in exergue, S(acra) M(oneta) N(icomediae) [Translation] To Jupiter the Protector; the sacred mint of Nicomedia, second mint office

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

Mrs. Richard Pleasants, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1945, by gift.

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Geographies

Turkey, Izmit (Nicomedia) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Max diam: 7/8 in. (2.26 cm); axis: 6:00

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Richard Pleasants, 1945

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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59.686

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