I had been wanting a nice Londinium-mint campgate for a while. Fortunately I came across this very nice example in an auction listing. At first I was a little disappointed that it was slabbed, but then I saw the was a reasonable opening price (which I definitely would have paid anyways if the coin was raw). I decided to try to go for it, and achieved success, being the only bidder. After it arrived, I admit, I was on the fence for a little bit on cracking the coin out or not. I didn’t mind the extra protection the slab afforded, but ultimately my desire to hold the coin in my hands won out, and so I got to breaking out the poor prisoner. I took a hammer and gave it a few firm hits on one of the corners, and when the corner broke a bit I then managed to use my hands to pull the slab apart. Crispus, Roman Empire AE follis Obv: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, campgate, 6 layers, 2 turrets, star above, no doors Mint: London; Mintmark PLON (in ex.) Ref: RIC VII 295 Please feel free to post your coins of Crispus, of London/Londinium, campgates, coins broken out of slabs, or any combo of these!
Just as an fyi, anything in those slabs should be treated as raw whether it’s an ancient/world/us etc.
Nice camp gate! And it has been busted out of jail!! Here's a Crispus camp gate. This one was a Secret Saturnalia gift from 2018! Crispus, AD 316-326. Roman billon centenionalis, 3.07 g, 19.3 mm, 11 h. Alexandria, AD 325-26. Obv: FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, left. Rev: PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, two-turreted gateway of military camp, star above; SMALA in exergue. Refs: RIC vii, p. 709, 35; LRBC I 1403; Cohen 125; RCV 16813.
NNC slabs are considered basement slabs, and as others said, should be considered as raw coins. No great loss breaking it out, IMO
That’s a nice one and Crispus from London too! Great coin. Here is one of my few Crispus campgates, but from Rome. Notice the sweet sideburns that have been discussed in a previous thread on Crispus. Crispus - Rome - RIC VII 266
V.K., I don't blame you for removing the coin from its slab, NNC is a bogus outfit . I don't like to see large bronze coins with circulation wear in slabs unless they are something very special . The coin pictured below was removed from its slab shortly after I received it. It looks great in hand .
Here are 4 coins from Londinium: , 1 from Constantin1, and 1 from each Caesar. Constantinus I: RIC VII nr 294 Crispus :RIC VII nr 295 Constantinus 2: RIC VII nr 296 Constantius : RIC VII nr 297
That wasn't nearly as brutal of a cracking out as I would've liked to see. I wanted to see mangled plastic shards everywhere with Crispus rising from the pieces like a phoenix! There are only 2 Crispus' in the FF collection. This is one that came from an uncleaned lot that my daughter and I worked on. It was one of her first coins that she cleaned. Crispus AE follis 321-324 AD Obverse: IVL CRIS-PVS NOB C, laureate head right Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around VOT X within wreath Mintmark ΓSIS branch.
Coingrats on the Stellar new coin and successful breakout! Here's Crispy-creamus: Campgate: A couple recent jail breaks: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ru...ou-cant-out-run-poseidon.393707/#post-8235965 https://www.cointalk.com/threads/th...pictures-and-other-tales.386139/#post-7880705
I was lucky with the Heraclius in my concurrent thread. It came from a mostly slab dealer. The Rocus certainly looks better outside of the slab. The only slabs I have are from presents, from when the local coin shop consigned slabbed stuff.
