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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     Z6863 Type:     Roman Imperial Issuer:     Crispus Date Ruled:     AD 316-326 Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     AE 3 Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 324-325 Diameter:     20 mm Weight:     3.45 g Obverse Legend:     FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES Obverse Description:     Laureated, draped, and cuirassed bust right Reverse Legend:     PROVIDEN_TIAE CAESS Reverse Description:     Camp-gate without doors, with two turrets, a star above, with 6 stone layers Exergue:     PLON Mint Mark:     PLON/ ● in lower dorway/ ● above archway Mint:     London Primary Reference:     RIC VII unlisted Reference2:     LRBC unlisted Reference3:     SRCV 3924 Reference4:     VM 019v Photograph Credit:     Beast Coins Source:     http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/beastcoins/store/dynamicIndex.asp Grade:     gVF Notes:     The ● in the dorway, and the ● above the archway, are unrecorded in RIC for this issue (see note 293 on page 116 of RIC VII). CNG notes "The 'dot/PLON’ mintmark was discovered and presented in the Pierre Bastien sale in October 1982 (Münzen und Medaillen 61). Lot 620, a follis of Crispus, features a pellet above the doorway and this usage of an additional mark is seen as a separate emission. A similar example sold in CNG electronic auction 204, lot 377.3.

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