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RIC VII, LONDON 280, CRISPUS, BUST VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

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

REVERSE

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

NOT IN RIC

BUST VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDON 280 except for bust cuirassed and draped instead of cuirassed only. Listed in Cloke-Toone (9.05.029), but note that LONDON 280 is listed in Cloke-Toone Supplement 1 as a separate new type (9.05.025.5). See also CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 89.

NOTES

Weight 3.33 g. Sold on CNG auction 61 (lot 2090) in September 2002 for USD 150.

Other specimens:

- from the British Museum Collection (reg. no. B.213); weight 2.72 g; obv. legend break V-S [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski