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A holed bronze follis of the emperor Licinius I with a Genius reverse Coin Type: Holed bronze follis of Licinius I, 308-324 CE
Mint and Date: Cyzicus, officina 6, 311 CE
Size and Weight: 25mm, 6.4g
Obverse: VAL LICINNIANVS LICINNIVS P F AVG
Laureate head right.
Reverse: GENIO A-VGVSTI
Genius, naked but for chlamys falling low from left shoulder, standing facing, head left, holding patera in right hand, from which liquor flows, and cornucopia in left arm.
Field marks: Digamma in left feld, three dots arranged vertically in right field.
Exergue: MKV
Ref: RIC VI Cyzicus 66
BW Ref: 002 026 024
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