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Nummus - Crispus as Caesar VOT X, Arles
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 322-323 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A laurel wreath occupies the central field, enclosing the votive inscription VOT / X arranged on two lines with a pellet separating VOT and X. The outer border bears the legend CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around the full circumference, reading clockwise. The mint mark T*AR appears in the exergue, identifying the Arelatum mint. The wreath is rendered in fine detail with tied ends at the base, a classic Constantinian reverse type celebrating the decennial vows of the Caesar. |
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| Reverse lettering | VOT * X (Translation: Vows (prayers) on the tenth anniversary of Caesar.) |
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The VOT X legend — a vow for ten years of rule — was struck for Crispus at Arles between 322 and 323, roughly three years before Constantine had him executed at Pola in 326. The precise reason remains disputed: ancient sources variously implicate accusations brought by Fausta, Constantine's second wife, who was herself killed shortly after. Crispus never completed a decade of power, making the fulfilled-vow reading of these coins grimly ironic.