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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3164
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey; Appleford Hoard
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Londinium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: United Kingdom, London
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  321-322
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  3.70
Axis (degrees):  225.00
Provenance:  Haines 3762. Ex Appleford Hoard, A. H. Baldwin, 1961.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing helmet, cuirassed, facing l. Reverse: Globe on altar, inscribed VOT-I-S X-X in three lines; three stars above.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CHISPVS NOBIL C (Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BHHTΛ TRΛN-***-QVILLITΛS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: PLON

Bibliography:  RIC VII 230

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLON in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.

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