Nummus - Crispus BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOTIS XX; Treveri

Nummus - Crispus (BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOTIS XX; Treveri) - obverseNummus - Crispus (BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOTIS XX; Treveri) - reverse

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Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Constantine I (Flavius Valerius Constantinus) (306-337)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 321-323
Value Nummus (1⁄7200)
Currency Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition Bronze
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
132605
References RIC VII# 307
Patrick M. Bruun; 1966. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 7. Constantine I – Licinius (AD 313–337). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Bust of Crispus, left, laureate, cuirassed, holding with right hand a spear over right shoulder, a shield on left arm.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES

Translation: Jul (-ius) Crispus Nob (-ilissimus) Caes (-ar): "Julius Crispus, very noble cesar".

Reverse

Altar inscribed with vows, surmounted with globe and three stars above.
Mint and officina marks in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BEATA TRANQVILLITAS
VO
TIS
XX
PTR●

Translation:
Beata Tranquillitas: "Blessed Tranquillity".
Votis XX (= vicennalibus): "Vows for the Twentieth Reign Anniversary".

Comments

According to RIC VII pp. 158-9, for the BEATA TRANQVILLITAS type with obverse bust G5 to left combined with legend 5a, the chronology of mintmarks is as follows:
RIC 307: PTR and STR: AD 321
RIC 347: PTR● and STR●: AD 322
RIC 372: ●PTR● and ●STR●: AD 322-3
RIC 394: ●PTRᴗ and ●STRᴗ: AD 323

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (321) PTR 6% Treveri, 1st officina - RIC# 307
ND (321) STR 6% Treveri, 2nd officina - RIC# 307
ND (322) PTR● 18% Treveri, 1st officina - RIC# 347
ND (322) STR● 18% Treveri, 2nd officina - RIC# 347
ND (322-323) ●PTR● 6% Treveri, 1st officina - RIC# 372
ND (322-323) ●STR● 24% Treveri, 2nd officina - RIC# 372
ND (323) ●PTRᴗ 6% Treveri, 1st officina - RIC# 394
ND (323) ●STRᴗ 18% Treveri, 2nd officina - RIC# 394

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Nummus - Crispus (BEATA TRANQVILLITAS VOTIS XX; Treveri)
Katz
Auction 94
Lot 1784
Internet Archive
30 Aug 2023 Undetermined VF USD 9.70
(EUR 9.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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