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ID number:  BIRBI-R3163
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  321-322
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  2.80
Axis (degrees):  135.00
Provenance:  Haines 3022. Spink, 1955.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing helmet, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Globe on altar, inscribed [V]OT-[I]-S X-X in three lines; three stars above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CRISPVS NOBIL C (Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BE/\ΓΠ TRΠ-***-NQVIILIΓΠS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: …LON

Bibliography:  RIC VII 229

Notes:  According to RIC, the [P]LON in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.

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