7-1206

RIC VII, ARLES [after 251], CRISPUS, UNLISTED ISSUE [m.m. PAR] [IRREGULAR COIN]

  

OBVERSE

IVLCRIS-PVSNOBC [IVL CRISPVS NOB C]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

CAESARVMNOSTRORVM [CAESARVM NOSTRORVM]; in laurel wreath VOT/X. TAR in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED ISSUE. RIC does not list issue with mintmark pattern PAR. However, Bruun mentions in footnotes few coins with irregular m.m. QAR, •SAR•, PAR (cf. p. 261, 263). Probably most coins with m.m. PAR should be regarded as ancient imitations. But some of them may belong to the official unlisted issue.

NOTES

Weight 2.10 g; diameter 17.6-19.0 mm. From the Charles Geddes Collection.

Other specimens:

- from the Zenon M. Collection (different dies; errors in rev. legend: NOSTRRM instead of NOSTRORVM); weight 2.14 g; diameter 17 mm [click for picture].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski