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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.

4 Related People

Crispus
Roman
c.300
326
Constantine I
Roman
272
337
Treveri
Roman


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Haines, Geoffrey Colton
British
1899
1981-09-14
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