Details
LOT 3336
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
London mint; struck AD 317. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys across shoulder, raising his right hand and holding globe with left; S-P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 115; C&T 8.09.020; RML 807. Good Very Fine. Very Rare.(3.24gr, 19mm, 8h).
Provenance
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 3336
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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