Lot 145
145
Solidus, 4.36g., Thessalonica, 324 A.D., FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, bare bust, seen from behind, head turned to left, holding spear and shield and wearing balteus, rev. VIRTVS CAESARI N, Crispus on horseback, galloping right, holding spear and shield, two enemies and a shield below, SMTSB in exergue (RIC VII, 515,136, this example; C.164; Alföldi 678 [with ), very fine, rare
Solidus, 4.36g., Thessalonica, 324 A.D., FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, bare bust, seen from behind, head turned to left, holding spear and shield and wearing balteus, rev. VIRTVS CAESARI N, Crispus on horseback, galloping right, holding spear and shield, two enemies and a shield below, SMTSB in exergue (RIC VII, 515,136, this example; C.164; Alföldi 678 [with ), very fine, rare

Details
Solidus, 4.36g., Thessalonica, 324 A.D., FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, bare bust, seen from behind, head turned to left, holding spear and shield and wearing balteus, rev. VIRTVS CAESARI N, Crispus on horseback, galloping right, holding spear and shield, two enemies and a shield below, SMTSB in exergue (RIC VII, 515,136, this example; C.164; Alföldi 678 [with ), very fine, rare
Provenance
Caruso collection, Auction Canessa 3, 1923, lot 568
Niggeler collection, Leu-M&M, 2 November 1967, lot 1515