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Description: | A complete, Roman, struck or hammered, copper alloy, nummus or AE2/3 of Licinius I (308-324AD). Obverse: Laureate head right. Inscription: ...LIC...AVG. Reverse: Wreath with VOT / XX inside (The twentieth anniversary of Licinius I). Inscription: D N LICINI..... Mint uncertain. Reece period 16. Die axis: 6 o'clock.The coin is in fine condition, worn with dark brown patina but with rusty orange surface corrosion and a small patch of pale green pitting on top of the head and a small hole in front of the nose. This coin is likely to date to 320-324AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2009, page 61 and Identifying Roman Coins, Richard Reece & Simon James, Seaby 1986 reprint 1994, page 26-27 no. 79. The coin is 18.26mm long, 16.54mm wide, 1.71mm thick, diameter 18.26mm and weighs 1.9g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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