Description
Country or authority: Roman Empire, Licinius I
Year or date range: AD 321–324
Denomination: Nummus (commonly called follis)
Composition: Copper alloy (bronze), proposed from the attributed type; composition untested
Ruler or portrait: Licinius I
Mint or mintmark: Probably Nicomedia; tentative exergue reading SMN[?], officina uncertain
Catalogue references: Provisional (unverified): RIC VII Nicomedia 44
Obverse description: Legend reads IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse description: Legend IOVI CONS-ERVATORI. Jupiter standing facing, head left, with drapery over his left shoulder, holding Victory on a globe in his right hand and a long, apparently eagle-tipped sceptre in his left. Eagle with wreath at lower left; seated captive at lower right. Right-field mark appears X over IIΓ, with the final sign less distinct. Exergue tentatively SMN[?].
Description and condition notes: Dark surfaces with granular texture, scattered deposits and small surface marks. Portrait, legends and principal reverse details remain distinguishable; the exergue is less clear.
