ROMAN EMPIRE, Licinius II ~ 317-324 ~ Silvered Follios (3.14g) ~ Laur. bust left. Struck at Alexandria mintj ~ Jupiter standing left, hldg glove & sceptere, crescent to left, B to r, SMAL in ex ~ SR-15417, RIC-7, 25 ~ Ch. toned EF+

Licinius I

spanning only six years

Ex BCD collection with his tag & that of Frank Kovacs who he bought it from in 1980

draped bust left

after realizing that there was a shortage of British Mandate coins

the Frankish king known as the "Father of Europe

Struck from lightweight aluminum

those printed in Holon bear the minting year 5709

it features a cluster of grapes on the obverse—an homage to ancient Jewish coinage from the Bar-Kochba Revolt (132-135 CE)

The reverse depicts Charles V

3% Magnesium

which thereafter closed