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Nummus - Licinius I IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, SOLI INVICTO COMITI, S-F, PLN, Londinium

Issuer Roman Imperial Mint, Londinium
Year 313-314
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Obverse description Laureate, cuirassed bust of Licinius I facing right, rendered in low relief with incised detailing on the armour. The emperor's portrait displays characteristic features of the Tetrarchic style, with a wreath of laurel encircling the head. The encircling legend runs clockwise from the lower left field, bordered by a beaded toothed rim visible around the coin's irregular flan.
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Reverse description Sol Invictus, radiate, depicted standing left with a chlamys draped across his left shoulder, his right hand raised in salutation and his left hand holding a globe. The figure is rendered in the standard Constantinian workshop style associated with the London mint. The field letters S and F appear divided on either side of the figure, while the mint mark PLN is positioned in the exergue. The legend encircles the design within a beaded border.
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Reverse lettering SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI S - F PLN
(Translation: To Sol Invictus, companion of the emperor. London.)
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