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A work made of bronze.

As (Coin) Portraying Emperor Licinius

308-310

Roman, minted in Alexandria, Egypt

Alexandria

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays a laureate head of Emperor Licinius, facing right. On the back (reverse), Genius stands, facing left, holding a patera (dish) in her right hand and a cornucopiae in her left. She wears a modius (hat). Licinius I was emperor from 308-324.

Bronze

Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium