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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 8169368, member: 57495"]Neat type, [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER]. On my want list!</p><p><br /></p><p>Nobody knows what the reverse of this LRB is intended to depict.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426983[/ATTACH]<b>CRISPUS</b></p><p>AE3. 3.35g, 19.9mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 319. RIC VII Thessalonica 69. O: D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust right. R: VIRT EXERC, plan of Roman camp (?), Sol standing left at center; TSЄ in exergue. </p><p><i>Ex AMCC 2, lot 248</i></p><p><br /></p><p>As the description above suggests, the traditional view is that it's Sol standing in the middle of a Roman camp. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I think this not only sounds but looks unlikely. Another theory is that the entire design shows some kind of statuary of Sol at Thessalonica, the only mint city to strike this type. My own thought is that it might be an ancient reference to a circus act of some sort...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1426994[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 8169368, member: 57495"]Neat type, [USER=118780]@kirispupis[/USER]. On my want list! Nobody knows what the reverse of this LRB is intended to depict. [ATTACH=full]1426983[/ATTACH][B]CRISPUS[/B] AE3. 3.35g, 19.9mm. Thessalonica mint, AD 319. RIC VII Thessalonica 69. O: D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust right. R: VIRT EXERC, plan of Roman camp (?), Sol standing left at center; TSЄ in exergue. [I]Ex AMCC 2, lot 248[/I] As the description above suggests, the traditional view is that it's Sol standing in the middle of a Roman camp. o_O I think this not only sounds but looks unlikely. Another theory is that the entire design shows some kind of statuary of Sol at Thessalonica, the only mint city to strike this type. My own thought is that it might be an ancient reference to a circus act of some sort... [ATTACH=full]1426994[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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