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LYDIA, Kaittenon. Crispina. Augusta, AD 178-182. Æ medallion (43 mm, 51,71 g). KPICΠINA CЄBACTH, Draped bust of Crispina right, wearing stephane, wavy hair coiled at back of head / ЄΠI OKT AP - TЄM - IΔΩPOV APX A around, CAITTHNΩN in exergue, Men wearing Phrygian cap standing right, holding pine cone and scepter, crescent behind shoulders; Cybele wearing turrented crown seated left, holding patera and resting left elbow on drum. Attractive green-brown patina with overlying light earthen deposits. Expertly cleaned. A few tiny old scratches in reverse field. An intriguing and important medallion of Crispina. One of very few specimens known and one of two recorded in RPC. RPC IV.2 online, 11125 (# 1 this coin), Numismatica Genevensis V, 2-3 December 2008, lot 256 (same dies), Berk 169, 1 June 2010, lot 428 (this coin), Ex Harlan Berk, Sale 01.06.2010, lot 428; Ex Gemini, LLC, auction IX, 09.01.2012, lot 499 Grade: 1+