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ID number: BIRBI-R3214 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Oman, Charles Maker: Crispus; Constantine I; Thessalonica Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Greece, Thessaloniki Culture: Roman Date made: 320-321 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.80 Weight (g): 2.98 Axis (degrees): 135.00 Provenance: Haines 2556. From the collection of either the late Prof. Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C. C. Oman, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing l. Reverse: Laurel wreath encircling VOT•V, joined by *.
Inscriptions: Obverse: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CAESHRVM NOSTRORVM (Our Caesars). In Exergue: TSΔVI
Bibliography: RIC VII 118
Notes: According to RIC, the TSΔVI in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Thessalonica.
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