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6mis k Heraclea Thracica en 320-324. En etudiant recemment une partie dun important tresor de bronzes constanti-. niens exhume en EgypteO, nous avons decouvert un follis «inedit» du type. suivant (2) : DNVALLICINLICINIVSNOBC. Buste cuirasse et casque a g., portant une lance sur lepaule droite et tenant un bouclier de la main gauche.
308-324 AD. Valerius Licinianus Licinius was born in Upper Moesia sometime during the middle of the 3rd century AD. Licinus began with a career in the military which eventually proved to be quite fruitful. He served under the Emperor Galerius rising to the position of a trusted lieutenant and even became a friend of the emperor himself.
Some technical details. The lower neck is finished as a tenon for insertion in a statue. A rectangular dowel hole in the nape was for a wide clamp to fasten the head to its statue (Pl. II, 1). The metal dowel in the hair above the nape is modern. The surface is well preserved, and only the extremities are missing: chin, nose, outer helix of ...
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Explore the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa. Follis of Licinius I (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection); A.D. 308–324; Unknown; Bronze; 80.NH.152.229 Follis of Licinius I (The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection)
Licinius II, AE follis, Antioch, 18 mm, 3.24 g. DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, laureate, draped bust left, holding sceptre and mappa. / IOVI CONSERVATORI CAESS, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, captive at foot left. Dot over S in right field. Mintmark SMANT.
Definition: Valerius Licinianus Licinius (c. 265 – 325) was Roman emperor from 308 to 324. For most of his reign he was the colleague and rival of Constantine I, with whom he co-authored the Edict of Milan, AD 313, that granted official toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire. He was finally defeated at the Battle of Chrysopolis ( AD 324 ...
