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177-183 AD - CRISPINA AE sestertius - struck 180-183 AD
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obv: CRISPINA AVGVSTA (bust draped right, hair waved, rolled in front and knotted in bun on back of head)
rev: LAETITIA / S.C. (Laetitia standing facing, head left, holding wreath in right hand & rudder set on globe in left hand)
ref: RIC III 669(Commodus), C.27(6fr)
24.68gms, 29mm
Scarce
The beautiful Bruttia Crispina was married to the Emperor Commodus in 177 AD. A few years later Commodus divorced Crispina on account of her adultery and having being exiled to Capreae, she was put to death by strangulation on his orders (183 AD).
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