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LOT 3210
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Rome mint; struck AD 314-315. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; R over X in left field, F in right field; R P in exergue. RIC VII 30. Near Very Fine.(3.05gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
