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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Record ID: ESS-D58E22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period c.AD 319 (Reece period 16). VIRT EXERC reverse type depicting Sol standing, raising right hand and holding globe in left, in middle of cross made up of four lines. Mint of Thessalonica. RIC VII, p. 507, nos. 66-71. 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-…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2019
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2022
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