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RIC VII, TRIER [after 372], CRISPUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [G10], OFFICINA S

   

OBVERSE

IVLCRISPVSNOBCAES [IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir., spear pointing forward in r. hand, globe in l. hand [G10].

REVERSE

BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. •STR• in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - G10. Not attested for obv. legend 5a (p. 197), but listed for Constantine II [TRIER 380]. Listed in RMBT (p. 54, no. 156). Should be listed after TRIER 372.

See also:
TRIER [after 372], CRISPUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [G10], OFFICINA P

NOTES

Weight 3.35 g. Coin offered on Paul-Francis Jacquier site in September 2009 for EUR 750.

Other specimens:

- specimen from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2002,0601.2); weight 2.57 g [click for picture];

- specimen from H. D. Rauch auction; weight 3.66 g [click for picture];

- specimen sold on eBay in January 2011 for EUR 122; weight 2 g (sic!); diameter 19 mm [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Tomasz Speier];

- specimen sold Classical Numismatic Group auction in March 2012 for $700 (plate coin from RMBT (plate XIV, no. 156); weight 3.23 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski