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Crispus ROMAE AETERNAE with cryptogram
« on: October 14, 2013, 02:32:08 PM »
This coin just sold for $345.00. It is a nice example of the cryptogram which reads as “eros” which in Latin is amor which is a palindrome for Roma.

Crispus
A.D. 320
20mm  3.1gm
CRISPVS NOB CAES;  laureate and cuirassed with spear pointing forward and shield on left arm.
ROMAE AETERNAE; Roma std. r., shield in lap inscribed X/V
in ex. R eros (in Greek) S
RIC VII Rome 197


http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/ROMAE/