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Aureus - Licinius CONSVL P P PROCONSVL, Antioch
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 317-319 |
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| Reference(s) | RIC VII#22 , OCRE#ric.7.anch.22 , Calicó#5163 , Depey Rom#36/1 |
| Obverse description | Laureate and cuirassed bust of Constantine I facing right, rendered in high relief with finely engraved hair arranged in parallel ridges beneath the laurel wreath. The emperor's strong, idealised profile features a prominent chin and commanding expression characteristic of Constantinian portraiture. The encircling Latin legend reads CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, distributed evenly around the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | CONSTANTINVS P F AVG |
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Licinius held the consulate in 317 AD jointly with his young son Licinius II, a political arrangement designed to shore up dynastic legitimacy against the growing pressure from Constantine. The CONSVL P P PROCONSVL titulature on this issue reflects that moment of calculated self-promotion — Licinius was projecting stability from his eastern base at a time when the two emperors were barely a year removed from open war with each other.
Antioch was the natural mint for such a statement. The city was Licinius's most important western-facing production center, and aurei struck there in this narrow window are considerably scarcer than contemporary issues from Nicomedia.