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Nummus - Licinius I IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Nicomedia

Nummus - Licinius I (IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Nicomedia) - obverseNummus - Licinius I (IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG; Nicomedia) - reverse

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Licinius I (308-324)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 317-320
Value Nummus / Follis (¼)
Currency Argenteus, Reform of Diocletian (AD 293/301 – 310/324)
Composition Bronze
Weight 3.03 g
Diameter 18.44 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
463330
References RIC VII# 24
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.24
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

Jupiter, nude, chlamys draped across left shoulder, standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and leaning on sceptre with left hand.
Palm branch in left field from exergual line. Officina in right field.
Mintmark exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG

Unabridged legend: Iovi Conservatori Augustorum.

Translation: Jupiter, the protector of the emperors.

Mint

SMN Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (317-320)  1st Officina (A)
ND (317-320)  2nd Officina (B)
ND (317-320)  3rd Officina (Γ)
ND (317-320)  4th Officina (Δ)
ND (317-320)  5th Officina (∈)
ND (317-320)  6th Officina (S)
ND (317-320)  7th Officina (Z)

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