RIC VII, ARLES [before 208], CRISPUS, [CORRECTION; THESSALONICA 85]

OBVERSE	CRISPVS-NOBCAES [CRISPVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.
REVERSE	CAESARVMNOSTRORVM [CAESARVM NOSTRORVM] around VOT/V; dot between first and last letter.
NOT IN RIC	[CORRECTION]. Coin erroneously listed in RIC VII as THESSALONICA 85. However, bust style does not resemble that of Thessalonica (compare THESSALONICA 90; especially the arrangement of ties) and this issue actually belongs to Arles. Bruun was aware that the style of THESSALONICA 84-87 is quite different from the style of the next Vota issue: THESSALONICA 88-95. In footnote 1 on p. 495 he writes as follows: "The only difficulty in attributing this series to Thessalonica is the size of the obv. busts [...]. The first mint-marked series [i.e. THESSALONICA 88-95] employed considerably smaller obv. busts. A possible explanation is that the series without m.m. was struck at Thessalonica by a moneta comitatensis". See CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 508. Not listed in Ferrando. Should be listed in RIC before ARLES 208. See also: ARLES [before 208], CONSTANTINE I, [CORRECTION; THESSALONICA 84] ARLES [before 208], CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION; THESSALONICA 87]

NOTES

From the collection of Zafeu. Other specimens: - sold on Roma Numismatics auction IV (lot 2855) in September-October 2012 for GBP 70; weight 3.60 g; diameter 18 mm [click for picture]; - from the collection of Zafeu [click for picture]; - from the collection of elagabale2000; weight 2.33 g [click for picture].