RIC VII, TRIER [after 397], CRISPUS, UNLISTED BUST TYPE [priest of Sol]

OBVERSE	IVLCRISPVSNOBCAES [IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., wearing trabea, sceptre in r. hand, Sol on globe in l. hand.
REVERSE	BEATATRAN-QVILLITAS [BEATA TRANQVILLITAS]; globe set on altar inscribed VO/TIS/XX; above, three stars. •STR crescent in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED BUST TYPE. Not attested for obv. legend 5a (p. 199). Crispus is dressed as a priest of Sol and is holding sceptre and Sol on globe (see comment on this bust type in RMBT, p. 22; with incorrect suggestion that this bust is attested only for Constantine II). Listed in RMBT (p. 58, no. 200a). Should be listed in RIC after TRIER 397. See also: TRIER 409, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION] TRIER 409, CONSTANTINE II, [CORRECTION] [priest of SoI]

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Weight 2.80 g; diameter 19 mm. Coin sold on eBay in November 2020 for GBP 250. Other specimens: - from NVMMVS BIBLE II (NBD no. 101295); weight 2.28 g; diameter 18.5 mm [click for picture]; - from RMBT (plate XVI, no. 200a) [click for picture].