★ A coin for his enemy ★
Licinius I (308-324 AE Follis, issued 314. London, 3.04g, 21mm.
Obv: IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right
Rev: GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera in right hand, cornucopia in left; S-F in field, PLN in ex.
RIC VII 3, Cloke & Toone 8.02.005
From the JB (Edmonton) collection.
Soon Constantine would clash with Licinius in civil war, but for the moment he was content to issue coins in Licinius’s name.