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ID number:  BIRBI-R3198
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  323-324
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.90
Weight (g):  2.71
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 1726. W. S. Lincoln, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Laurel wreath encircling VOT X in two lines.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C (Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORYM (Our Caesars). In Exergue: PLGC

Bibliography:  RIC VII 215

Notes:  According to RIC, the PLGC in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Lugdunum.

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