File 102 - Roman Imperial bronze Centenionalis depicting Crispus and Laurel wreath

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Roman Imperial bronze Centenionalis depicting Crispus and Laurel wreath

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    SCA367-GA423-102

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    Bronze Centenionalis with mintmark: -/·//PLON?

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    • [323 or 324] (Creation)

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    1 coin : AE ; 1.80cm diam ; 3.45g

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    (1891-1981)

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    Born April 12, 1891 to William Thomas Pyke and Annie Warner, Edgar William Pyke was a high school classics teacher who collected coins to use for teaching examples for his classes. Raised in Toronto, he attended McMaster University until his schooling was interrupted by the First World War. Edgar enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on May 20, 1916 and was sent to France. He was wounded at Vimy in April of 1917 suffering a shrapnel wound to the left arm and chest. After being invalided back to Canada he recovered at the Central Military Convalescence Hospital before returning to his studies. He graduated in 1919 and was able to secure employment as a teacher of classics. On August 4, 1925 he married Ethel Morgan of England. Edgar died in 1981 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.

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    • Obverse: Laureate head right Legend: IVL(ius) CRISPVS NOB(ilis) C(aesar)
    • Reverse: Laurel wreath enclosing VOT/X in two lines. Legend: CAESERVM NOSTROVM
    • Exe: -/·//PLON?

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    In good condition

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    Donated in 2019 by Elizabeth Kerr.

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    • Latin

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      Minted in Londinium no earlier than Mar. 317 AD under the reign of Crispus.

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      No. 231 (ERIC II 2010, p933) No. 291 (RIC VII 1966, p115) * No.16759 (Sear. IV 2011, p530)

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      • Created JB March 2019
      • Revised WL 2025-08-21

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          Sources

          • C.H.V. Sutherland and E. Sydenham. The Roman Imperial Coinage, Vol.VII, Constantine and Licinius A.D. 313-337.
          • Suarez, Rasiel. Eric II: The encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins.
          • Dietmar Kienast. RÖMISCHE KAISERTABELLE
          • http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.7.lon.291

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