Nummus - Crispus as Caesar CAESARVM NOSTRORVM VOT X, Aquileia

Crispus, eldest son of Constantine I, was elevated to Caesar in 317 AD and proved a genuinely capable commander — his naval victory over Licinius at the Battle of the Hellespont in 324 was decisive in consolidating his father's control over the entire empire. The VOT X vow inscription on this issue anticipates the tenth anniversary of his Caesarship, placing production in a period of apparent dynastic confidence. That confidence collapsed entirely in 326 when Constantine had Crispus executed at Pola under circumstances that ancient sources never fully explained, triggering a systematic damnatio memoriae that makes any Crispus coinage a document of an abruptly erased career.