Triton XVIII, Lot: 1245. Estimate $10000. Sold for $35000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Crispus. Caesar, AD 316-326. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 324-325. FL IVL CRIS PVS NOB CAES, laureate bust left, wearing
balteus, holding spear forward and shield / VIRTVS CAESARI N, Crispus on horseback charging right, cloak flying, holding spear in right hand and shield in left hand, spearing kneeling enemy falling backward; under horse, another fallen enemy and shield; SMNP. RIC VII 84-5 var. (officina); Depeyrot 35/6; Biaggi 2068 var. (same). EF, some hairlines on obverse, traces of deposits, light edge marks. Very rare with this officina.