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ID number:  BIRBI-R3206
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Rome
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Italy, Rome
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  317
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.27
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 694. Spink, 1923.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire and helmeted, advancing facing r., holding spear in r. and shield in l.; A in field, to l.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CRISPVS IIOBIL CΛES (Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PDINCIPIH IV-V-EHTVTIS (To the Prince of Youth). In Exergue: RT

Bibliography:  RIC VII 87

Notes:  According to RIC, the RT in the exergue of the reverse and A in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officina) indicating Rome.

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