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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3213
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Sirmium
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: Serbia, Sremska Mitrovica
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  324-325
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  1.85
Weight (g):  2.83
Axis (degrees):  0.00
Provenance:  Haines 1730. W. S. Lincoln, 1933.
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Description:  Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, facing r. Reverse: Victory, draped and winged, advancing facing r., holding trophy in r. and palm in l., trampling captive seated r. with head facing up, at feet.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES (Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: ALAMANNI-A DEVICTA (Conquest of the Alemanni). In Exergue: •SIRM•

Bibliography:  RIC VII 49

Notes:  According to RIC, the •SIRM• in the exergue of the reverse are mintmarks indicating Sirmium.

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