RIC VII, LONDON [after 135], CRISPUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

OBVERSE	CRISPVSNOBCAES [CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	PRINCIPIAI-VVENTVTIS [PRINCIPA IVVENTVTIS]; emperor in military dress stg. r., cloak spread, holding transverse spear and globe. Crescent in left field. PLN in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. RIC lists this type for Constantine I only [LONDON 132] (p. 105). For Crispus' and Constantine's II Principia coins another variant of reverse is exclusively attested: prince helmeted and leaning on reversed spear, l. hand resting on shield (see picture 135 on plate 1). Note that in Bourton Hoard such variant is also listed for Constantine I (no. 1454). It could be a hybrid, but the present specimen makes this hypothesis less probable. Coin should be listed after LONDON 135.

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Weight 3.17 g, diameter 19-20 mm. Coin offered on BEAST COINS site in August 2007 for $225.