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ID number: BIRBI-R3198 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Crispus; Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 323-324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.71 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 1726. W. S. Lincoln, 1933. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Laurel wreath encircling VOT X in two lines.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C (Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORYM (Our Caesars). In Exergue: PLGC
Bibliography: RIC VII 215
Notes: According to RIC, the PLGC in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.
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