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A silver denarius of the empress Crispina with a reverse showing Hilaritas Coin Type: Silver denarius of Crispina, 178-182 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 180-182 CE.
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 2.49g
Obverse: CRISPINA AVGVSTA
Draped bust right.
Reverse: HIL-A-RITAS
Hilaritas standing left. holding palm frond and cornucopia.
Provenance: Parthenon Galleries (near the British Museum), February 2003.
Ref: RCV (2002) 6000; RIC 282
BW Ref: 001 027 001
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