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RIC VII, AQUILEIA [after 36], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE

  

OBVERSE

FLIVLCRI-SPVSNOBC [FL IVL CRISPVS NOB C]; bust l., laur., dr., cuir., Victory on globe in r. hand, sceptre in l. hand.

REVERSE

PRINCIPI-IV-VENTVTIS [PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS]; prince stg. l., head r., in military dress, cloak hanging from l. arm, holding standard surmounted by eagle with wreath in beak with r. hand, sceptre with l.; behind, standard with wreath on top. AQ in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. Listed in Paolucci & Zub (no. 282). RIC lists in "Addenda and Corrigenda" similar reverse for Constantine II with the same m.m. (see: AQUILEIA 117A, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION]). Both coins belong probably to the earlier period and should be listed after AQUILEIA 36.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.39 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on Roma Numismatics auction XIII (lot 930) in March 2017 for GBP 48,000.

Other specimens:

- sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 25 (lot 594) in June 2003 for CHF 8,500; sold on Künker auction 304 (lot 1368) in March 2018 for EUR 11,000; weight 4.40 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski