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ID number: BIRBI-R3219 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Crispus; Constantine I; Antioch Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Antioch Culture: Roman Date made: 325-326 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.85 Axis (degrees): 315.00 Provenance: Haines 81. 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 CRISPVS NOB CAES (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDbU-TIAE CΛESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: SMANTZ
Bibliography: RIC VII 64
Notes: According to RIC, the SMANTZ in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Antioch.
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