LICINIUS I
AD 308-324AE Follis. 3.73g, 20mm
MINTED: Antioch mint, AD 313-314
REF: RIC VII Antioch 8 (R2)
OBVERSE: IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head right.
REVERSE: IOVI CONSER-VATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak standing left on ground, head right; wreath over S over III in right field, ANT in exergue.
Notes:Brown patina. Minor flatness in areas. Nice, sharp portrait.
Historical Notes:
Licinius was the son of a peasant family who, through his friendship with future emperor Galerius, was eventually appointed as Augustus in the West. In the final civil war that followed the collapse of the Tetrarchy (the period when the Roman Empire was ruled by four emperors), Licinius lost the struggle for supremacy against his great rival, Constantine the Great, and was put to death after a rule of 16 years. Contemporary writers, eager to please the new sole Augustus of the empire, blackened the name and legacy of Licinius, painting him as a murderous, lustful, and envious pagan tyrant.
LICINIUS I . AD 308-324 . AE Follis . Jupiter standing . Antioch mint
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