Large barbarian VLPP follis, Crispus, Suevi/ Rugii/ Goths, Middle Danube, c.320s, Migration Period

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Crude legends reduced to lines and circles, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding a spear across shoulder / Crude legends and mintmark reduced to lines and circles, two Victories standing facing, resting inscribed shield on altar. 21mm, 5.11 grams. Imitating Crispus from the mint of Siscia. SKU X3588-48605

Lovely dark green and brown patina. Rare large and heavy example (it is double the weight of a normal VLPP barbarous coin) in the name of Crispus (nearly all these were minted in the name of Constantine).

These fairly common barbarous imitations of Siscian VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP folli of Constantine (and, to a much lesser extend, of his family) were minted around the border of the Roman Empire in the middle Danube area (modern day south-western Slovakia, southern Moravia and lower Austria north of the Danube). The area was occupied by Rugii, Suevi and other Goths-related people at the time, who were well-familiar with the Roman culture. A large influx of this coinage could have been brought in during the campaigns of Crispus in the area in 318-320. The coinage was widely imitated for a short period (probably limited to the late 310's-early 320's), resulting in a fascinating group of barbarized coins, showing a unique and misinterpreted bust and Victories on the reverse. 


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