Description: Licinius I (308 - 324 AD). AE Follis, Siscia mint 309-311 AD. IMP LIC LICINIVS PF AVG; laureate head right / GENIO AVGVSTI; Genius standing left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopiae, crescent in left field, ς in right; SIS in ex.

Diameter: AE25 mm

Weight: 6.7 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: Siscia RIC VI 207b, ς

Commentary: dark grey patina, great details, minor smoothed area on reverse

History: After the death of Galerius in 311 AD Licinius was the official Augustus of the West and Constantine was technically only Caesar desperately seeking any kind of legitimacy and inventing the dynastic connection to Claudius II.

Article Number: 017-07-04-44287