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Licinius I VOT XX with cryptogram from Rome

Started by Victor, August 08, 2024, 09:43:42 AM

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I was looking through my trays and found this coin that I have had for a few years, but never got around to photographing it.

It is a Licinius from Rome with the cryptogram in the mintmark. The middle part, EROS, is in Greek; which in Latin is amor. Amor and Roma are palindromes-- they read the same backward or forward.

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Licinius I
A.D. 320- 321
18mm    3.0g
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
D N LICINI AVGVSTI surrounding wreath enclosing VOT XX.
In ex. R [EROS] S
RIC VII Rome 228