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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 4502487, member: 82549&quot;]Both Licinius I, reverse depicts Jupiter, leaning on a scepter with his left hand and, in his right hand, holding Victory standing on globe and presenting a wreath There is an eagle holding a wreath in its beak on the ground in front of Jupiter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both the obverse and reverse inscriptions are different, but similar. The coin on the left is from Thessalonica. I can&#039;t make out the mint mark on the other one.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins date from around 310-325 A.D. A huge number of these coins came onto the market within the past few years. My guess is that a large hoard of these were discovered recently, but probably somewhere with restrictive antiquities laws, so the coins were smuggled out of the country and the discovery was never announced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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