Licinius

Reece Period attributed: Period 16

Warning: getimagesize(./assets/rulers/resized/AN00367432_002-Licinius-I.jpg): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/finds.org.uk/app/views/scripts/partials/numismatics/roman/emperor.phtml on line 18

Member of the The Tetrarchy dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 308 until 324.

Licinius came to power in 308, appointed Augustus by Galerius and Diocletian in the midst of power struggles. He was unable to remove Maxentius from Italy, and operated out of the Balkans.

Licinius and Constantine split when Constantine tried to take power, invading the Balkans and trying to squeeze out the claims of Licinius the Younger to becoming Caesar. Ultimately, Licinius and Constantine ceased fighting in a treaty which named Constantine’s two sons as well as Licinius the Younger as Caesars.

Licinius suspected Christians in his service of being Constantine’s partisans, and began to dismiss them. On this pretext, Constantine again attacked Licinius, eventually defeating his forces in Hadrianopolis and again across the Bosphorus. He sent Licinius and his son to live as private citizens, but at some point in early 325 they were hanged.

Latest examples recorded with images

We have recorded 433 examples.

Other resources about Licinius

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Licinius
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licinius
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/66856266

View all coins recorded by the scheme attributed to Licinius.

Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Licinius
• Full names:
  • Licinius
• Title: Consul of the Roman Empire
• Predecessor: Valerius Severus
• Successor: Constantine I
• Definition: Licinius (; Valerius Licinianus Licinius; c. 265 – 325) was a Roman emperor from 308 to 324. For most of his reign he was the colleague and rival of Constantine I, with whom he co-authored the Edict of Milan (AD 313) that granted official toleration to Christians in the Roman Empire. He was finally defeated at the Battle of Chrysopolis (AD 324), and was later executed on the orders of Constantine I.
• Parents:
  • Father:
  • Mother:
• Birth place:
• Death place: Thessaloniki
• Spouse:
  • Flavia Julia Constantia
• Other title(s):
  • List of Roman emperors
  • Consul of the Roman Empire
• Came After:
  • Gaius Vettius Cossinius Rufinus
  • Licinius II
  • Amnius Anicius Julianus
  • Constantine the Great
  • Petronius Annianus
  • Antonius Caecina Sabinus
  • Petronius Probianus
  • Gaius Caeionius Rufius Volusianus
• Came before:
  • Constantine the Great
  • Constantine II (emperor)
  • Caesonius Bassus
  • Petronius Annianus
  • Ovinius Gallicanus
  • Gaius Caeionius Rufius Volusianus
• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • Licinii
  • People from Zaječar District
  • Dacians
  • 260s births
  • 325 deaths
  • 4th-century Roman emperors
  • People executed by hanging
  • 4th-century murdered monarchs
  • Executed Roman emperors
  • 4th-century executions
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • Constantinian dynasty
  • People executed by the Roman Empire
  • Valerii
  • Tetrarchy