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LOT 3412
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 324. 4th officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT X in two lines; TSΔVI below. RIC VII 125. Very Fine.(2.89gr, 18mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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