Fourre ?

Hi. This bronze Roman coin of Emperor Licinus weighs 3.74 g. The reverse seems very original and interesting with a sort of 2 angels . Most of all, the coin seems clearly to have a silver tone. Could it be silvered by that ancient time, and thus be considered as a FOURRE ? I appreciate your comments. Thanks.. Charles

 

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Not Licinius, Gallienus. These antoniniani still had a fairly high silver content - yours isn't a fouree, it's just darkly toned with some of the brighter silver showing through, or some of the silvering.

 

Great. Could it be considered as a billon? Then what is the interpretation of the reverse.

 

I just typed "votaorbis" into google.com & got your answer. Also, the lettering on the obverse includes the name "Gallienus". It is a nice & clearly legible coin.

I also typed IMPCDLICGALLIENUSAVG into Google & got similar hits. The link at Wildwinds shows your coin around RIC 459/460 area.

I'm constantly learning how to look up ancient coin data & this is how I start the process.

 

Thanks C89. I found up it's a billon. It simply doesn't include the letters PF.
Charles