Late Roman Bronze Coins

Coin talk => COTD => Topic started by: Victor on July 14, 2017, 03:54:28 PM

Title: Crispus VIRTVS EXERCIT from Siscia with horseman on shield
Post by: Victor on July 14, 2017, 03:54:28 PM
This Crispus has a horseman engraved on the shield. In RIC, another example is mentioned in the footnotes. It just sold for $202.99.

Crispus
A.D. 320
18mm   2.8gm
IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES; Laureate, cuirassed, spear pointing forward, shield engraved with horseman on left arm.
VIRTVS EXERCIT; Standard inscribed VOT/X with captive seated on ground on either side, in left field S, in right field F over HL
in ex. ΓSIS ✶
RIC VII Siscia 123