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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Heliodromus, post: 7984984, member: 120820&quot;]It&#039;s a bit of an unusual choice!</p><p><br /></p><p>I tend to think of Licinius as a bit numismatically uninspired compared to other emperors (e.g. his neighbor Maximinus who had quite a varied &amp; interesting coinage), so relative to low expectations I guess you could say he knocked it out of the park with this coinage reform, and at least had a little variety!</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems the common theme among the mints is a victorious jupiter, with victriola on globe, and these varied victory symbols differenting the mints - captive at Antioch, palm at Nicomedia, and wreath at Cyzicus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Antioch didn&#039;t start out with the captive though. It seems they started with an eagle (Licinius using his creativity there - jupiter and eagle!), which is rare, then switched to a star (a nod to Constantine, perhaps?), before finally settling on the captive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Antioch star issue includes Constantine, which RIC missed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385556[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1385557[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1385558[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1385559[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1385560[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Alexandria differs a bit from the others: omitting the victory on globe, and using a crescent rather than a victory symbol as a mint differentiator. They made more of an effort with the globe though - adding the &quot;X&quot; and dots detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1385561[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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