Licinius II Caesar 317 - 324 A.D.

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	Obverse: DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C
	Reverse: IOVI CONSERVATORI
	Fieldmarks: X over IIΓ in the right field
	Exergue: SMHΓ

	Obverse: DN VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C
	Reverse: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS
	Fieldmarks: over a Δ in the right field of the reverse
	Exergue: SMN

Licinius II (Caesar)  317 - 324  A.D.

      Valerius Licinianus Licinius was born in 315 AD as the son of Licinius I and Constantia the half-sister of Constantine I. On the 1st of March 317, at Serdica, Constantine announced the appointment of three Caesars: his own son's Crispus and Constantine (later Constantine II), and Licinius, twenty months old at the time. After his father was defeated and dethroned by Constantine I in 324 AD Licinius II lost his title as Caesar. Initially, yielding to the pleas of Constantia, Constantine spared the life of his brother-in-law, but some months later he ordered his execution. Before too long the younger Licinius, too, fell victim to Constantine's anger or suspicions and was executed in 326 AD.

For this biography I've used the texts from the following websites:
http://www.imperiumromanum.com/
http://www.roman-emperors.org/
http://www.roman-empire.net/
And from: Gibbon's Decline and fall of the Roman empire.