7-3136

RIC VII, TRIER [after 243], CRISPUS, REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY

  

OBVERSE

FLIVLCRIS-PVSNOBCAES [FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES]; head r., laur.

REVERSE

GAVDIVMR-O-MANORVM [GAVDIVM ROMANORVM]; Alamannia std. l. on ground; behind her, trophy, stg. at the foot of which bow, shield; Alamannia has l. hand in lap, turning head; in exergue ALAMANNIA.

NOT IN RIC

REVERSE LEGEND VARIETY. Coin similar to TRIER 243 (BM 1860,0329.60) except for breaks in rev. legend: R-O-M instead of legend unbroken. For gold issues different rev. legend break usually makes a separate entry in RIC VII (cf. TRIER 27-31). So this coin could be listed after TRIER 243.

NOTES

Solidus. Weight 4.43 g. Sold on Numismatica Ars Classica auction 48-49 (lot 479) in October 2008 for CHF 26,000; sold on Hirsch auction 372 (lot 2108) in February 2022 for EUR 40,000; sold on Künker auction 416 (lot 2108) in October 2024 for EUR 40,000.


NOT IN RIC © 2004 Lech Stępniewski