Record ID: NCL-D720B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating to AD 319 (Reece Period 16), VIRT EXERC reverse depicting Sol standing over the plan of a Roman camp, or a radiate cross. Mint of Thessalonica. RIC VII, p. 507, no. 69. This type has traditionally been described as Sol standing on the plan of a Roman camp (RIC 69), but it is thought by some now to represent a radiate cross (David Woods, ‘Postumus and the Three Suns: Neglected Numismatic Evidence for a Solar Halo’, Numismatic Chronicle 172 (2012), pp. 85-92. He draws upon P. Weiss, ‘The Vision of Constantine’, Journal of Roman Archaeology…
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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