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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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