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The Other Consolation Coin

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Not really a consolation coin, but one I purchased from the same seller as the Maximianus Follis. This coin did not appear to be anything special nor rare, but when it arrived I was again pleasantly surprised at the quality. It is a Licinius II Follis, RIC VII 49, struck at Nicomedia, 321-24 AD:

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OBV: DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C, helmeted & cuirassed bust left, holding spear & shield
REV: IOVI CONS-ERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding Victory on globe & leaning on sceptre, eagle with wreath left, captive right; X over II Mu in right field; SMNB in ex.(The symbol in the right field, referred to as Mu in the description, is an episemon for S(emis) which means half, so the whole thing reads 12 and a half, which was the value of this coin).
3.0g, 19mm
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Sweet coin jw, nice pick up, good details...like it....
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Fine portrait of Licinius II.
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very cool licinius, I just got one with a similar reverse...but that is a very cool obverse also, different.
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Very nice coin, Bing ...


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