RIC VII, LONDON 121, CRISPUS, MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N]

OBVERSE	CRISPVSNOBCAES [CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., dr., cuir.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand, globe in l. S over star in left field, P in right field. PL:N in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED MINTMARK VARIETY. Specimen similar to LONDON 121 except for two dots in m.m. In footnote to LONDON 123 on p. 104 Bruun mentions similar variety but records m.m. as a defective PLON ("The m.m. is really PL:N, the 2 dots being what remains of an original O in PLON. The other letters are quite distinct. A slight shadow to the left of the dots could be interpreted as the left side of O"). The present author definitely rejects such speculations: there are undoubtedly just two dots (sometimes one of them could be worn). Listed in Cloke-Toone as a minor variant (8.10.011 (2)). Note also that there is an error in RIC: cross in left field instead of star (see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 104). See also: LONDON [after 119], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N] LONDON 120, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N] LONDON [before 121], CRISPUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N] LONDON 123, CONSTANTINE II, MINTMARK VARIETY [PL:N]

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Weight 3.65 g; diameter 19.1 mm. Plate coin in Cloke-Toone. From the Münzkabinett of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Collection (object no. RÖ 27030).