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ID number: BIRBI-R3195 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: 324-325 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.93 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 86. W. H. Valentine, 1917. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Camp gate with no door, two turrets; star above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: V̄L IVL GRISPVS NOB CΔES (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: ΓΓOVI...-IΔΓ CΛESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: PLON
Bibliography: RIC VII 295
Notes: Coin has degraded further since picture taken in 1984. According to RIC, the PLON in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Londinium.
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