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ID number:  BIRBI-R3170
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:  322-323
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  3.05
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Haines 620. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1923.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, holding spear in r. pointing forward and shield in l., facing l. Reverse: Globe on altar, inscribed VOT-I-S X-X in three lines; three stars above and F B in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: CRISPVS NOBIL C (Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BEUT TR/\-***-NQLITILƆ (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: PLON

Bibliography:  RIC VII 250

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLON in the exergue of the reverse and F B in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Londinium.

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