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Surprise, surprise. I bought another one  . This is my very first Crispus, and also my second London mint coin (I happen to be partial towards them). RIC VII 275 Obv: CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuiraissed bust left Rev: BEATA TRANQILITAS, altar with VOT/TIS/XX, PLON in ex. London mint, 323-324 AD (Seller's pic - I'll post my own when I get it)  20.17mm, 2.91 grams Edited by VisigothKing
01/05/2012 5:57 pm
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Very nice. I really like those London mint coins.
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Pillar of the Community
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Ooooohh nice one! I like how crisp the mint mark is on it. Very nice coin- I am jealous!
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Pillar of the Community
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Note when cataloging yours is the variety BEAT TRA***NQLITAS (no I between Q and L).
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Pillar of the Community
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I like how crisp the mint mark is on it. Well his name is Crispus  ! Sorry bad joke I know  Dougsmit, thanks for pointing that out. I copied the description from the seller's site. I knew something was off afterwards when I didn't see an A after BEAT (for "BEATA"), but I hadn't noticed the variety you indicated. Thanks everyone for your comments!  Edited by VisigothKing
01/05/2012 8:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a nice Crispus coin with good details. That's one emperor that I do not have yet, among many more.
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks gil-galad. Yeah, I'm missing many emperors as well, a lot of the common ones especially, strangely enough.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pleasing item to have in any collection.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great coin!  I always see something new with ancients. |
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Arrived today! A very nice coin in hand as you can probably see.  (Actually decided to photograph this one in the sunlight - I am pretty pleased with how it came out) |
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The details are nice on that coin as I said before. Is it also that dark in hand?
I don't own any London coins yet, perhaps in the future.
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Yeah, it's basically that dark in hand.
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