Nummus Roman Empire Nicomedia Licinius I. 308-324 AD BI Redused NGC Ch AU (54)

Certification details

Certification number: 5768379-054

Grade: Ch AU

NGC collectible ID: 750021

Pedigree: 'protector of emperors'

Date: Licinius I, AD 308-324 ROMAN EMPIRE

Nominal value: BI Reduced Nummus

Mint Mark: ROMAN EMPIRE

Notation: IOVI CONSERVATORI

Year: Licinius I, AD 308-324

Roman Coin,

Nicomedia Licinius I. 308-324 AD BI Redused Nummus





ISSUE OF EMPEROR LICINIUS

I



CO-RULER AND RIVAL OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT



GRADED NGC Ch AU



OBV: LAUREATE AND MANTLED BUST OF LICINIUS RIGHT.



REV: FULL STANDING DEPICTION OF SOL HOLDING GLOBE.











GAIUS VALERIUS

LICINIANUS LICINIUS AUGUSTUS (b. 236 – d. 335) WAS ROMAN EMPEROR FROM

308 TO 324. BORN A PEASANT, HE BECAME THE CHILDHOOD FRIEND OF THE FUTURE

EMPEROR GALERIUS, AND THROUGH THIS ASSOCIATION, AND THE TRUST PLACED IN

HIM BY GALERIUS, HE ROSE TO PROMINENCE.

IN 308, GALERIUS ELEVATED LICINIUS TO AUGUSTUS (EMPEROR) IN THE WEST.

AFTER THE DEATH OF GALERIUS IN 311, LICINIUS SPLIT THE EMPIRE WITH

EMPEROR MAXIMINUS II (DAIA), WITH THE HELLESPONT BECOMING THE DIVIDING

LINE.

TO CEMENT AN ALLIANCE WITH CONSTANTINE AS A HEDGE AGAINST MAXIMINUS

(WHO, IN TURN, HAD MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH MAXENTIUS, THE USURPER OF

ITALY), LICINIUS MARRIED CONSTANTINE’S HALF-SISTER IN 313. THE TWO

ALLIES JOINTLY ISSUED THE EDICT OF MILAN, FREEING CHRISTIANS FROM

PERSECUTION WITHIN THE EMPIRE.

MAXENTIUS WAS CRUSHED BY CONSTANTINE IN 312, AND MAXIMINUS ATTACKED

LICINIUS IN 313 AND WAS COMPLETELY DEFEATED. THIS TIME THE EMPIRE WAS

SPLIT WITH CONSTANTINE AS RULER OF THE WEST, AND LICINIUS, EMPEROR IN

THE EAST. IN 314, THE TWO EMPERORS WENT TO WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT

CAME TO A SETTLEMENT WHICH LASTED FOR TEN YEARS. EVENTUALLY, WAR BROKE

OUT AGAIN, WHICH RESULTED IN CONSTANTINE’S TRIUMPH OVER HIS RIVAL IN

324. INITIALLY SPARED DUE TO THE PLEAS OF HIS WIFE TO HER BROTHER,

LICINIUS WAS HANGED FOR CONSPIRACY A YEAR LATER. IN THE END, CONSTANTINE

REIGNED SUPREME, THE MEMORY OF LICINIUS WAS VILIFIED, HIS STATUES TORN

DOWN, AND HIS EDICTS ABOLISHED.




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