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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3216
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Nikomedia
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Izmit
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  325-326
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  2.49
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 6. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
BIRBI-R3216.jpg

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 CRIS-PVS NOB C (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDEN-TIHE CHESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: MNB

Bibliography:  RIC VII 122

Notes:  According to RIC, the MNB in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Nikomedia.

4 Related People

Crispus
Roman
c.300
326
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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
Constantine I
Roman
272
337
Nikomedia
Roman; Byzantine


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