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                                Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1245. Closing Date: Jan 
                                10, 2005. LICINIUS II. Caesar, 317-324 AD. AV 
                                Aureus (5.32 gm, 12h). Nicomedia mint. Struck 
                                320 AD. Estimate $25000 Sold For $18000 

                              LICINIUS II. Caesar, 317-324 AD. AV Aureus (5.32 
                              gm, 12h). Nicomedia mint. Struck 320 AD. D N VAL 
                              LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, facing bare-headed, draped, 
                              and cuirassed bust; wearing sideburns / IOVI 
                              CONSERVATORI CAES, Jupiter seated facing on throne 
                              set on base inscribed SIC•V•/SIC•X•, holding 
                              Victory set on globe in extended right hand and 
                              long sceptre in left hand; eagle standing left on 
                              base, head right, holding wreath in beak; SMNG. 
                              RIC VII 42; Depeyrot 31/2; Hunter -; DOC -; Calicó 
                              5151. FDC. ($25,000)

                              This facing portrait of Licinius II, along with a 
                              parallel issue for his father, was the first 
                              frontal representation of an emperor, a 
                              presentation that would become standardized in the 
                              late Roman and Byzantine periods.








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