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Roman Empire Nicomedia Licinius I. 308-324 AD BI Redused Nummus NGC Ch AU (056)CLEANED UNCLEANED : Uncleaned CERTIFICATION NUMBER : 5768379 056 CERTIFICATION : NGC GRADE : CH AU YEAR : 308 324 COMPOSITION : Billon RULER : Licinius I DENOMINATION : Nummus KM NUMBER : 5768379 056 ERA : Ancient Roman Coin, Nicomedia Licinius I. 308 324 AD BI Redused Nummus ISSUE OF EMPEROR LICINIUS I CO RULER AND RIVAL OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT GRADED NGC Ch AU OBV: LAUREATE AND MANTLED BUST OF LICINIUS RIGHT. REV: FULL STANDING DEPICTION OF SOL
- CLEANED/UNCLEANED : Uncleaned
- CERTIFICATION NUMBER : 5768379-056
- CERTIFICATION : NGC
- GRADE : CH AU
- YEAR : 308-324
- COMPOSITION : Billon
- RULER : Licinius I
- DENOMINATION : Nummus
- KM NUMBER : 5768379-056
- ERA : Ancient
Roman Coin, Nicomedia Licinius I. 308-324 AD BI Redused Nummus
ISSUE OF EMPEROR LICINIUS I
CO-RULER AND RIVAL OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
GRADED NGC Ch AU
OBV: LAUREATE AND MANTLED BUST OF LICINIUS RIGHT.
REV: FULL STANDING DEPICTION OF SOL HOLDING GLOBE.
GAIUS VALERIUS LICINIANUS LICINIUS AUGUSTUS (b. 236 – d.
335) WAS ROMAN EMPEROR FROM 308 TO 324. BORN A PEASANT, HE BECAME THE CHILDHOOD
FRIEND OF THE FUTURE EMPEROR GALERIUS, AND THROUGH THIS ASSOCIATION, AND THE
TRUST PLACED IN HIM BY GALERIUS, HE ROSE TO PROMINENCE.
IN 308, GALERIUS ELEVATED LICINIUS TO AUGUSTUS (EMPEROR) IN THE WEST. AFTER THE
DEATH OF GALERIUS IN 311, LICINIUS SPLIT THE EMPIRE WITH EMPEROR MAXIMINUS II (DAIA),
WITH THE HELLESPONT BECOMING THE DIVIDING LINE.
TO CEMENT AN ALLIANCE WITH CONSTANTINE AS A HEDGE AGAINST MAXIMINUS (WHO, IN
TURN, HAD MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH MAXENTIUS, THE USURPER OF ITALY), LICINIUS
MARRIED CONSTANTINE’S HALF-SISTER IN 313. THE TWO ALLIES JOINTLY ISSUED THE
EDICT OF MILAN, FREEING CHRISTIANS FROM PERSECUTION WITHIN THE EMPIRE.
MAXENTIUS WAS CRUSHED BY CONSTANTINE IN 312, AND MAXIMINUS ATTACKED LICINIUS IN
313 AND WAS COMPLETELY DEFEATED. THIS TIME THE EMPIRE WAS SPLIT WITH CONSTANTINE
AS RULER OF THE WEST, AND LICINIUS, EMPEROR IN THE EAST. IN 314, THE TWO
EMPERORS WENT TO WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT CAME TO A SETTLEMENT WHICH LASTED
FOR TEN YEARS. EVENTUALLY, WAR BROKE OUT AGAIN, WHICH RESULTED IN CONSTANTINE’S
TRIUMPH OVER HIS RIVAL IN 324. INITIALLY SPARED DUE TO THE PLEAS OF HIS WIFE TO
HER BROTHER, LICINIUS WAS HANGED FOR CONSPIRACY A YEAR LATER. IN THE END,
CONSTANTINE REIGNED SUPREME, THE MEMORY OF LICINIUS WAS VILIFIED, HIS STATUES
TORN DOWN, AND HIS EDICTS ABOLISHED.
Roman Coin, Nicomedia Licinius I. 308-324 AD BI Redused Nummus
ISSUE OF EMPEROR LICINIUS I
CO-RULER AND RIVAL OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
GRADED NGC Ch AU
OBV: LAUREATE AND MANTLED BUST OF LICINIUS RIGHT.
REV: FULL STANDING DEPICTION OF SOL HOLDING GLOBE.
GAIUS VALERIUS LICINIANUS LICINIUS AUGUSTUS (b. 236 – d.
335) WAS ROMAN EMPEROR FROM 308 TO 324. BORN A PEASANT, HE BECAME THE CHILDHOOD
FRIEND OF THE FUTURE EMPEROR GALERIUS, AND THROUGH THIS ASSOCIATION, AND THE
TRUST PLACED IN HIM BY GALERIUS, HE ROSE TO PROMINENCE.
IN 308, GALERIUS ELEVATED LICINIUS TO AUGUSTUS (EMPEROR) IN THE WEST. AFTER THE
DEATH OF GALERIUS IN 311, LICINIUS SPLIT THE EMPIRE WITH EMPEROR MAXIMINUS II (DAIA),
WITH THE HELLESPONT BECOMING THE DIVIDING LINE.
TO CEMENT AN ALLIANCE WITH CONSTANTINE AS A HEDGE AGAINST MAXIMINUS (WHO, IN
TURN, HAD MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH MAXENTIUS, THE USURPER OF ITALY), LICINIUS
MARRIED CONSTANTINE’S HALF-SISTER IN 313. THE TWO ALLIES JOINTLY ISSUED THE
EDICT OF MILAN, FREEING CHRISTIANS FROM PERSECUTION WITHIN THE EMPIRE.
MAXENTIUS WAS CRUSHED BY CONSTANTINE IN 312, AND MAXIMINUS ATTACKED LICINIUS IN
313 AND WAS COMPLETELY DEFEATED. THIS TIME THE EMPIRE WAS SPLIT WITH CONSTANTINE
AS RULER OF THE WEST, AND LICINIUS, EMPEROR IN THE EAST. IN 314, THE TWO
EMPERORS WENT TO WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT CAME TO A SETTLEMENT WHICH LASTED
FOR TEN YEARS. EVENTUALLY, WAR BROKE OUT AGAIN, WHICH RESULTED IN CONSTANTINE’S
TRIUMPH OVER HIS RIVAL IN 324. INITIALLY SPARED DUE TO THE PLEAS OF HIS WIFE TO
HER BROTHER, LICINIUS WAS HANGED FOR CONSPIRACY A YEAR LATER. IN THE END,
CONSTANTINE REIGNED SUPREME, THE MEMORY OF LICINIUS WAS VILIFIED, HIS STATUES
TORN DOWN, AND HIS EDICTS ABOLISHED.
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