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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-R3217
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  G. Haines Collection
Collector:  Haines, Geoffrey
Maker:  Crispus; Constantine I; Kyzikos
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Eurasia: Mysia, Kyzikos
Culture:  Roman
Date made:  321-324
Metal:  Base metal
Diameter (cm):  2.10
Weight (g):  3.29
Axis (degrees):  315.00
Provenance:  Haines 9. W. S. Lincoln, 1920.
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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., with eagle at feet, to l., holding wreath in beak, and captive, seated r.; IIΓ X in field, to r.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CHES (Our Lord Flavius Julius Crispus, Most Noble Caesar). Reverse: IOVI CONS-ERVHTORI (To Jupiter, the Defender). In Exergue: SMKΔ

Bibliography:  RIC VII 17

Notes:  According to RIC, the SMKΔ in the exergue of the reverse and IIΓ X in the field of the reverse are mintmarks (officinae) indicating Kyzikos.

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