The Wonderful World of Ancient Coin Collecting
Coinage of the Roman Empire


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Coin Description:
Grade: NGC MS Surface: 4/5 Surface: 4/5
Grade Comment: silvering
Owner: RAM-VT
 
Set Category: Ancients
Set Name: The Wonderful World of Ancient Coin Collecting
Slot Name: Coinage of the Roman Empire
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Roman Empire Licinius I AD 308 - 324 AE 3 - BI Nummus with Silvering - (ATTRIBUTION) MS - Strike 5/5 - Surface 4/5 Census - NGC does not provide census info on ancient coins :>( Obv.: IMP LICI-NIVS AVG, laureate, draped bust left holding globe, sceptre and mappa Rev.: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath left, officina letter ? right, SMK in ex. Gaius Valerius Licinianus Licinius (c. 263 – 325), commonly known as Licinius, was Roman Emperor from 308 to 324. Co-author of the Edict of Milan that granted official toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire, for the majority of his reign he was the rival of Constantine I. Through out Licinius Rule there was some sort of power sharing and divided Roman Empire. The last 10 years of Licinius’s reign he was in conclict with Constantine I who was also a relative to Licinius through marriage. Licinius's fleet of 350 ships was defeated by Constantine I's fleet in 323. Then in 324, Constantine, tempted by the "advanced age and unpopular vices" of his colleague, again declared war against him, and, having defeated his army of 170,000 men at the Battle of Adrianople, succeeded in shutting him up within the walls of Byzantium. The defeat of the superior fleet of Licinius in the Battle of the Hellespont by Crispus, Constantine’s eldest son and Caesar, compelled his withdrawal to Bithynia, where a last stand was made; the Battle of Chrysopolis, near Chalcedon, resulted in Licinius' final submission. While Licinius' co-emperor Sextus Martinianus was killed, Licinius himself was spared due to the pleas of his wife, Constantine's sister, and interned at Thessalonica. The next year, Constantine had him hanged, accusing him of conspiring to raise troops among the barbarians. My cost was $103.

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