Licinius I and Licinius II Æ Follis. 308-324 AD. (22mm, 4.29g).
DD NN IOVII LICINII INVICT AVG ET CAES, confronting busts of Licinius I
and Licinius II, laureate, draped, cuirassed, holding trophy between
them. / IO M ET VIRTVTI DD NN AVG ET CAES, Jupiter, naked apart from
chlamys over shoulder, standing left, holding sceptre, to his left, two
bound, seated captives at the base of a trophy; SMATA in exergue. (mint of Antioch). RIC VII, pg 547, #50
(Heraclea). VF, dark brown patina. Rough surfaces and some pitting.
Bastien suggests in his article that the double bust
folles of Licinius were probably distributed during Licinius' decennalia
on 11 November 317, or at the beginning of his fifth consulship in 318.