RIC VII, ARLES [before 247], CRISPUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [IRREGULAR COIN]

OBVERSE	IVLCRIS-PVSNOBC [IVL CRISPVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	MURORTSONMVRASEAC [Retrograde CAESARVM NOSTRORVM (sic!)]; in laurel wreath VOT/X. ARLQ in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC does not list this obv. legend for Crispus' coins minted in Arles. However, in footnote 244 on p. 260 Bruun mentions a specimen from Ashmolean Museum with similar obverse, but claims that it "has to be regarded as irregular". Note also retrograde legend on rev.

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Weight 2.95 g; diameter 19 mm. From CGB Monnaies 53 (lot 554), April 2012.