| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 900 Price realized: 11,000 USD (Approx. 10,075 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Licinius I. AD 308-324. AV Aureus (19mm, 5.21 g, 6h). Siscia mint. Struck AD 316. LICINI VS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CONSER VATORI AVG, Jupiter standing left, nude but for chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding thunderbolt in right hand and long scepter in left; at his feet to left, eagle standing right, head left, holding wreath in beak; –|X//SIS. RIC VII 21; Depeyrot 12/1 var. (rev. legend break); Calicó 5120; Biaggi –. Toned with some luster, light hairlines, minor edge marks. EF. Extremely rare. Ex Brexit Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 801; ArtCoins Roma 8 (4 February 2014), lot 715 (hammer €20,000). This aureus was struck at Siscia (modern Sisak, Croatia) during the brief border war of AD 316 between the rival emperors Licinius I, in the East, and Constantine I, in the West. The reverse invokes the protection of Jupiter, traditional head of the Roman pantheon, as the champion of Licinius in his struggle against Constantine, who had forsaken the old gods of Rome to embrace Christianity. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
