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Crispus BEATA from Trier unlisted bust & legend
« on: April 03, 2013, 04:15:57 PM »
"Crispus. Caesar, A.D. 317-326. Æ follis (18 mm, 3.25 g, 5 h). Treveri, A.D. 322. D N CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed three-quarter length bust right, holding spear over shoulder and shield on arm / BEATA TRAN-[QVI]LLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines' above, three stars; STR·. RIC -. Dark brown patina with contrasting earthen deposits in fields, old scratch on obverse beneath patina, minor porosity. Apparently an unrecorded variety with a rare obverse legend and bust type. Good very fine."

This coin is listed in Alten & Zschucke as #90.

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Re: Crispus BEATA from Trier unlisted bust & legend
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2013, 11:26:10 PM »
Here is another picture of the coin.