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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2195668, member: 44316&quot;]Here is a Licinius II (317-324)with a small head and unbroken obverse legend. It is the first issue for him when he became Caesar in 317 under his father. The coin is a bit hard to image because it is a glossy black.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]427139[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]427140[/ATTACH]</p><p>An AE3. 19 mm. 2.79 grams.</p><p>RIC VII Heraclea 19, with mintmark MHTΔ</p><p>(HT for &quot;Heraclea Thracia&quot; in&nbsp; Thrace)</p><p>Reverse: Camp gate. PROVIDEN-TIA CAESS&nbsp; (two Ss for two Caesars, including Crispus)</p><p>The small head allows room for the long obverse legend:</p><p>DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C&nbsp; (VAL for &quot;Valerius&quot;)</p><p>Large heads may fill the flan so close to the top that the legend must be &quot;broken&quot; (and shorter). Under the Valentinian and Theodosian dynasties it was common and purposeful that the senior emperor(s) had broken legends and the junior members had &quot;unbroken&quot; legends with smaller heads.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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