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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 2228597, member: 56653&quot;]And here is a rarer figure for the type - Crispus - on his last emission at Antioch in 325AD.</p><p>Please excuse the bad picture, this is one of those coins impossible to capture without perhaps professional gear and photography skill.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]437807[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b> CRISPUS AE3 18mm 2.23g Follis/Nummus (aVF, deposits, rough surfaces)</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p>AV: anepigraphic; laureate draped bust l.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV: CRISPUS/CAESAR; star above</p><p><br /></p><p>EXE: SMANTE Antioch mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>REF: RIC VII Antioch 53, Scarce R4, 5th officina of Antioch 325AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Crispus is one of the scarcer figures of this &quot;vicennalia&quot; series, way scarcer than Constantine I, Constantine II and Constantius II. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I have seen in cca 7 years of watching for these anepigraphics the following distribution:</p><p><br /></p><p>Fausta - 1 spec</p><p>Helena - 3 specs.</p><p>Crispus - 15-20 specs. (some probably irregular, copying Trier or Rome)</p><p><br /></p><p>The great many of them are by Constantine I (which is only normal) with his sons by Fausta (Constantine II and Constantius II) close behind, while his first born and active player by 324-325 represented in just a fraction of this series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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