Licinius I - NGC AU 4/5 4/5 - Thessalonica, BI REDUCED NUMMUS 4.08g 22mm - 168

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OFFERED: Licinius I -
NGC AU 4/5 4/5
- Thessalonica, BI NUMMUS AD 308-324 (312/3), 4.08g 22.5mm - Laureate bust right / Jupiter standing left holding Victory on globe, eagle at feet to left, aEF with beautiful surfaces, RIC 60.
PROVENANCE
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From WAYNE G. SAYLES ANTIQUARIAN
& NGC ANCIENTS
NEAR PERFECT STRIKE & PERFECT CENTERING A+ COIN
RICH LUSCIOUS CHOCOLATE TONING
This Flan is as nice as it gets! Clean – Round – Sound
Superb portrait
, NICELY centered on a CHOICE flan
Do you know the different NGC’s “economy” grading and FULL SERVICE grading?
Economy grading is cheaper
because NGC, with economy grading at cheaper fee, does not  grade the coin’s Strike or Surface Qualities.
Also, under economy grading, NGC
does not
identify any of the coin’s damages (scratches, flan flaws, clipping, dents, bent, etc.).
Full Service grading costs a lot more, but I know it’s definitely worth the extra money!
Full grading
is the ONLY NGC grading
that fully discloses the coin’s TRUE quality AND the ONLY service I use from NGC
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Full grading gives the buyer FULL disclosure about the coin … BEFORE the buyer buys the coin and finds out about these flaws later. And do you know what? … That’s the way it ought to be done!
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BIO of
LICINIUS
BELOW
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Licinius
ROMAN EMPEROR
Alternative Title:
Valerius Licinianus Licinius
Licinius
, in full
Valerius Licinianus Licinius
, (died 325), Roman emperor from 308 to 324.
Born of Illyrian peasant stock, Licinius advanced in the army and was suddenly elevated to the rank of augustus (November 308) by his friend Galerius, who had become emperor. Galerius hoped to have him rule the West, but since Italy, Africa, and Spain were held by the usurper Maxentius, while Constantine reigned in Gaul and Britain, Licinius had to content himself with ruling Pannonia. When Galerius died in 311, Licinius took over Galerius’ European dominions. He married Constantine’s half sister Constantia (313) and in the same year defeated the Eastern emperor Maximinus at Tzurulum, east of Adrianople, Thrace, pursuing him into Asia, where Maximinus died. Licinius thus added the entire eastern half of the empire to his dominion.
After a brief accord between the two augusti, Constantine forced Licinius to surrender the provinces of Pannonia and Moesia. There followed 10 years of uneasy peace in which Licinius built up his army and accumulated a huge reserve of treasure. In 324 Constantine defeated him at Adrianople and again at Chrysopolis (now Üsküdar, Tur.). Licinius surrendered, was exiled to Thessalonica, and was executed the next year on a charge of attempted rebellion.
During the campaign against Maximinus, Licinius had made his army use a monotheistic form of prayer closely resembling that later imposed by Constantine. On June 5, 313, he had issued an edict granting toleration to the Christians and restoring church property. Hence his contemporaries, the Latin writer Lactantius and Bishop Eusebius, hailed him as a convert. But he eventually became alienated from the Christians and about 320 initiated a mild form of persecution.
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