7-2096

RIC VII, ARLES [after 163], CRISPUS, UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE

  

OBVERSE

CRISPVSNOBCAES [CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.

REVERSE

PRINCIP-I-AIVVENTVTIS [PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS]; Mars advancing l., in military dress, helmeted, chlamys flying, r. holding olive branch, shield on l. arm. Q[star over crescent]A in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED REVERSE TYPE. Not attested for this issue (p. 250). Listed in Ferrando (p. 178, no. 757). Should be listed in RIC after ARLES 160.

NOTES

Weight 3.18 g; diameter 20 mm. From CGB E-shop (brm_407074), sold for EUR 450.

Other specimens:

- from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 51806) [click for picture];

- from the collection of Crispus; weight 2.64 g; diameter 20 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski