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ID number: BIRBI-R3216 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Crispus; Constantine I; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Roman Date made: 325-326 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.49 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 6. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing l. Reverse: Camp gate with no door, two turrets; star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE CHESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: MNB
Bibliography: RIC VII 122
Notes: According to RIC, the MNB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Nikomedia.
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