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ID number: BIRBI-R3205 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Crispus; Constantine I; Arelate Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Southeastern France, Arles Culture: Roman Date made: 323-324 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.05 Weight (g): 3.09 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1724. W. S. Lincoln, 1933. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Mars, naked but wearing helmet and boots, cloaked, standing facing l., leaning on shield with r. and holding reversed vertical spear in l.; G S in field to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CHISPVS NOB CAES (Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PRINCIPIA IVI…b̄NTVTIS (To the Prince of Youth). In Exergue: QARL
Bibliography: RIC VII 143
Notes: According to RIC, the QARL in the exergue of the reverse and [C] S in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Arelate.
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