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LOT 3408
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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