Nummus - Crispus PROVIDENTIAE CAESS; Nicomedia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Licinius I (308-324)
Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 317-320 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (1⁄180) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 3.01 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 497199 |
| References | RIC VII# 31 Patrick Magnus Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.7.nic.31Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Crispus, laureate, draped, left, holding sceptre in right hand and mappa in left hand
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES
Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Flavius Iulius Crispus Nobilissimus Caesar.
Translation: Our Lord Flavius Julius Crispus most noble Caesar.
Reverse
Jupiter, nude, chlamys draped across left shoulder, standing left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and leaning on sceptre with left hand
Palm Branch in left field. Dot over officina letter in right field.
Mintmark in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS
Unabridged legend: Providentiae Caesarum.
Translation: The Foresight of the Caesars.
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (317-320) | 1st Officina (• / A) | ||||||||||||||
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