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RIC VII, ARLES [before 247], CRISPUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND [IRREGULAR COIN]
  
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OBVERSE
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IVLCRIS-PVSNOBC [IVL CRISPVS NOB C]; head r., laur.
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REVERSE
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MURORTSONMVRASEAC [Retrograde CAESARVM NOSTRORVM (sic!)]; in laurel wreath VOT/X. ARLQ in exergue.
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NOT IN RIC
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UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND. RIC does not list this obv. legend for Crispus' coins minted in Arles. However, in footnote 244 on p. 260 Bruun mentions a specimen from Ashmolean Museum with similar obverse, but claims that it "has to be regarded as irregular". Note also retrograde legend on rev.
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NOTES
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Weight 2.95 g; diameter 19 mm. From CGB Monnaies 53 (lot 554), April 2012.
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