7-1390

RIC VII, ANTIOCH [after 25], CRISPUS, UNLISTED REVERSE, OFFICINA A

  

OBVERSE

DNFLIVLCRISPVSNOBCAES [D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust l., laur., dr., globe, sceptre in l. hand, mappa in r. hand.

REVERSE

PROVIDEN-TIAECAESS [PROVIDENTIAE CAESS]; Jupiter stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, leaning on sceptre, holding Victory on globe. Branch in left field, dot over A in right field. ANT in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE. Not attested for Antioch but cf. footnote 28 on p. 680: "In L., however, a very curious hybrid, PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, Jupiter stg. l., obv. 5 [D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES] (B4), m.m. . The rev. is otherwise exclusively Nicomedian [cf. NICOMEDIA 31-36] and was probably brought to and coined in Antioch in error". Coin should be listed after ANTIOCH 25.

See also:
ANTIOCH [after 25], CRISPUS, UNLISTED REVERSE, OFFICINA I

NOTES

Weight 2.17 g; diameter 21 mm. From eBay, December 2012.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski