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LOT 3118
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Treveri mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, STR(pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 477. Extremely Fine. Dark glossy patina.(3.20gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 26 February 2004;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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