Crispus
A.D. 320
17mm 3.1gm
DN CRISPO NOB CAES; laureate and cuirassed bust right.
VICTORIAE LAET PRINC PERP; two Victories facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT/PR over altar.
in ex. P 1 L
RIC VII Lyons 83
This coin was issued in Lugdunum, or modern day Lyons. Lugdunum was named after the Celtic sun-god, Lug or Lugh.
The captives in the mintmark may have alluded to Crispus and his military operations against the Alamanni.