7-814

RIC VII, LONDON [before 280], CRISPUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [H2 var.]

  

OBVERSE

CRISPV-SNOBILC [CRISPVS NOBIL C]; bust r., helmeted, dr., cuir., spear across r. shoulder, shield on l. arm [H2 var.].

REVERSE

BEATTRA-NQLITAS [BEAT TRANQLITAS]; globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. PLON in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - H2 var. Not attested for obv. legend 5 (p. 114). Cf. variety of LONDON 280 with similar bust turned l. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.05.028). Should be listed in RIC before LONDON 280.

NOTES

Weight 3.15 g. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 2002,1207.20).

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. 1995,0605.202); weight 2.70 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in July 2018 for GBP 69.77; weight 2.05 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski