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

OBVERSE	CR[ISPVS]-[NO]BCAES [CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	SARMATIA-DIVICTA [SARMATIA DIVICTA (sic!)]; Victory advancing r., holding trophy and branch and spurning captive on ground to r. 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. The reading of obv. legend and m.m. is uncertain. Rev. legend with error and partially illegible. Undoubtedly an ancient imitation.

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Weight 1.91 g; diameter 17 mm. From eBay, April 2015.