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RIC VII, LYONS [before 83], CRISPUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [B4]

  

OBVERSE

DNCRISPO-NOBCAES [D N CRISPO NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir. [B4].

REVERSE

VICTORIAE[LAETPRIN]CPERP [VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP]; two Victories facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT/PR over altar of varying design. P two captives L in exergue.

NOT IN RIC

UNLISTED BUST TYPE - B4. Not attested for obv. legend 5a (p. 128). Not listed in Bastien Lyon (318-337) and Bastien Lyon - suppléments I-II. Should be listed in RIC before LYONS 83.

NOTES

From Thesaurus "Indian" auction (lot 787), November 2017.

Other specimens:

- sold on eBay in August 2018 for EUR 20.52; weight 3.05 g; diameter 19 mm [click for picture];

- from Collection Claude Pisana no. 531; weight 2.65 g [click for picture];

- sold on eBay in February 2014 for GBP 24; may be regarded as an ancient imitation [click for picture] [Thanks to the collaboration of Mariusz Graczyk].


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski