Online Collections at UoB - Objects
Numismatics
ID number: BIRBI-R3196 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey; Langwith Hoard Maker: Crispus; Constantine I; Lugdunum Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: France, Lyons Culture: Roman Date made: 322-323 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.95 Weight (g): 3.48 Axis (degrees): 225.00 Provenance: Haines 858. From a find near Langwith, Yorkshire, Spink, 1924. |
|
Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Crossed globe on altar, inscribed VO•TIS XX in three lines; three stars above and C Ɔ̖ in field, to l. and r. respectively.
Inscriptions: Obverse: CRISPVS NOB CHES (Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BEATA TRAN-***-QVILLITΛS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: DLG
Bibliography: RIC VII 166
Notes: According to RIC, the [P]LG in the exergue of the reverse and C [R] in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Lugdunum.
|