RIC VII Alexandria 5
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · research required
Period
AD 313–AD 314
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireMaker / issuer
Alexandria (ancient mint)
AE2 in bronze struck at Alexandria under Licinius, AD 313–AD 314, catalogued as RIC VII Alexandria 5. Obverse: Head of Licinius, laureate, right. Reverse: Genius, wearing modius, chlamys draped across left shoulder, standing left, holding Serapis head in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Manufacture
- Struck
- Denomination
- AE2
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Alexandria
- Issuing authority
- Licinius
Design
- Obverse type
- Head of Licinius, laureate, right
- Reverse type
- Genius, wearing modius, chlamys draped across left shoulder, standing left, holding Serapis head in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
- Obverse legend
- IMP C LIC LICINNIVS P F AVG
- Reverse legend
- GENIO POPVLI ROMANI
Identification
- Type corpus record
- https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.alex.5
- Catalogue reference
- RIC VII Alexandria 5
- Type corpus identifier
- ric.7.alex.5
Catalogue references
Research required
- Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
- Diameter and die axis not transcribed
- Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
- No rights-cleared photograph identified yet