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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R3215 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Crispus; Constantine I; Nikomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Roman Date made: 317-320 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 2.88 Axis (degrees): 45.00 Provenance: Haines 621. Presented by Earle Fox Bequest, 1923. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Crispus, wearing laurel wreath, draped and cuirassed, facing r. Reverse: Jupiter, naked but cloaked, standing facing l., holding Victory on globe in r. and sceptre in l.; [branch] S • in field, to l., to mid r. and top r. respectively. Inscriptions: Obverse: D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CHES (Our Lord Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: PROVIDIN-TIHE CHESS (To the Foresight of the Caesars). In Exergue: SMN Bibliography: RIC VII 32 Notes: According to RIC, the SMN in the exergue of the reverse and [branch] S • in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Nikomedia. |
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| Constantine I Roman 272 337 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Crispus Roman c.300 326 | |
| Nikomedia Roman; Byzantine | |
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