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ID number:  BIRBI-R3199
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Treveri
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  317
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.05
Weight (g):  3.40
Axis (degrees):  45.00
Provenance:  Haines 2557. From the collection of either the late Prof. Sir Charles Oman or of Mr C. C. Oman, 1949.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Prince, in military attire, standing facing r., holding spear in r. and crossed globe in l.; T F in field, to l. and r. respectively.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PRINCIPI.IVVENTVTIS (To the Prince of Youth). In Exergue: •ATR

Bibliography:  RIC VII 142

Notes:  According to RIC, the •ATR in the exergue of the reverse and T F in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Treveri.

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