C1/L1 Liberator Orbis - Cohen

[Heliodromus]

I quite enjoy browsing through the online edition of Cohen as you find all sorts of stuff that's not in RIC.

http://www.inumis.com/rome/books/cohen/index.html

I just noticed an interesting thing in Cohen's listing for LIBERATOR ORBIS for Licinius I - a type that exists for both Constantine and Licinius but is unlisted in RIC.

We've previously discussed this type here:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=11036.0

The interesting thing in the Cohen entry is that he notes it for Licinius with both R*S and ALE mintmarks. The R*S indicates Rome, hence struck by Constantine, per the examples that have been seen, but ALE indicates Alexandria struck by Licinius - something new!

The significance of this, if Cohen can be trusted on the ALE mintmark (he indicates a specimen in Paris, but doesn't say which mintmark), is that with Licinius issuing the type as well as Constantine, and obviously after Max Daia's demise, it makes it clear that the type must be celebrating the defeat of both Maxentius AND Max Daia (and confirms a date of late 313-314), and makes it numismatic precursor to the edict of Milan.

Ben