RIC VII, LONDON [before 121], CRISPUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK VARIETY

OBVERSE	FLIVLCRISPVSNOBCAES [FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES]; bust r., laur., cuir.
REVERSE	SOLIINVIC-TOCOMITI [SOLI INVICTO COMITI]; Sol stg. l., chlamys across l. shoulder, raising r. hand, globe in l. S over star in left field, P in right field. PL:N in exergue.
NOT IN RIC	UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND AND MINTMARK VARIETY. RIC lists only shorter obv. legend: CRISPVS NOB CAES (p. 104). Note two dots in m.m. In footnote to LONDON 123 on p. 104 Bruun mentions similar variety but records m.m. as a defective PLON ("The m.m. is really PL:N, the 2 dots being what remains of an original O in PLON. The other letters are quite distinct. A slight shadow to the left of the dots could be interpreted as the left side of O"). The present author definitely rejects such speculations: there are undoubtedly just two dots (sometimes one of them could be worn). Note also that there is an error in RIC: cross in left field instead of star (see: CORRIGENDA, VOL. VII, p. 104). Coin should be listed before LONDON 121. See also: LONDON [before 121], CRISPUS, UNLISTED OBVERSE LEGEND LONDON [after 119], CONSTANTINE I, UNLISTED BUST TYPE AND MINTMARK VARIETY LONDON 120, CONSTANTINE I, MINTMARK VARIETY

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Coin sold on Spink auction in March 2008 for $841