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ID number: BIRBI-R3201 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: 322 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.00 Weight (g): 3.55 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 3212. Ex P. D. Whitting Collection (purchased at special price of 1/- each), 1957. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, cuirassed, holding spear in r. over shoulder and shield in l., facing l. Reverse: Crossed globe on altar, inscribed V-O-TIS XX in three lines; three stars above.
Inscriptions: Obverse: IVL CRISPVS NOB CHES (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: BEATA TRAN-***-QVILLITHS (Blessed Peace). In Exergue: STR•
Bibliography: RIC VII 347
Notes: According to RIC, the STR• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Treveri.
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