Crispus, Caesar, 316-326. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.44 g, 6 h), Rome, 317. CRISPVS NOBIL CAES Laureate and cuirassed bust of Crispus to right. Rev. PRINCIPIA I-VVENTVTIS / R P Mars standing front, with chlamys across left shoulder, head to right, holding inverted spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground. RIC 90 var. Very minor weakness, otherwise, extremely fine.


RIC lists only the type with the chlamys spread, but here the chlamys hangs over the left shoulder. Normally, such a difference would be given a separate entry in RIC, but perhaps in this case it should be seen as a variation of RIC 90 since several such examples exist and the type should have been known to Bruun. In fact, the type with the chlamys spread is outnumbered by 20 to 5 by the type with the chlamys over the shoulder, so perhaps Bruun included both variations in RIC 90, but without distinguishing between the two.