Published by on July 15, 2026 RARE BRONZE (AE3) BI NUMMUS (FOLLIS) COIN CRISPUS – 1ST SON OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AS CAESAR (JUNIOR EMPEROR) - WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE OBV: LAUREATE BUST OF CRISPUS RIGHT. REV: “VOT / . / X” WITHIN WREATH. MINT LETTERS AT BOTTOM. FLAVIUS JULIUS CRISPUS WAS THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE’S FIRST BORN SON BY MINERVINA. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, CRISPUS’ PARENTS HAD A VERY LOVING AND PUBLIC RELATIONSHIP, ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN IF SHE WAS A CONCUBINE, OR IF THEY WERE MARRIED. REGARDLESS, AND PROBABLY FOR POLITICAL ADVANTAGE, CONSTANTINE MARRIED FAUSTA, DAUGHETR OF HIS CO-EMPEROR AND FELLOW TETRARCH, MAXIMIAN, IN 307, AND SET MINERVINA ASIDE. INTERESTINGLY, CONSTATINE’S FATHER HAD SET HIS MOTHER HELENA ASIDE, DIVORCING HER TO ALSO MARRY A DAUGHTER OF MAXIMIAN FOR POLITICAL REASONS. CRISPUS WAS RAISED AT HIS FATHER’S SIDE IN GAUL. CONSTANTINE WAS APPARENTLY A PROTECTIVE, LOVING AND TRUSTING FATHER. BY 317, ONLY CONSTATNTNE AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW, LICINIUS, REMAINED AS RULING AUGUSTI IN THE WEST. THEY JOINTLY PROCLAIMED CRISPUS, CRISPUS’ YOUNG HALF-BROTHER CONSTANTIUS, AND LICINIUS’ SON LICINIUS JUNIOR, AS CO-CAESARS. CONSTANTINE MADE CRISPUS COMMANDER IN GAUL. CRISPUS SET UP HIS RESIDENCE IN AUGUSTA TREVERORUM (TRIER), AND WAS A VICTORIUOS LEADER IN CAMPAIGNS AGAINST NEARBY GERMANIC TRIBES. HE WAS ADORED BY THE ROMAN LEGIONS. HE LATER COMMANDED 200 SHIPS FOR HIS FATHER AT THE BATTLE OF THE HELLESPONT, WHICH WAS FOUGHT AGAINST LICINIUS, AND DESTROYED THE ENEMY FLEET WHICH GREATLY OUTNUMBERED HIS OWN. ANOTHER LAND VICTORY WAS HIS AT CHRYSOPOLIS, AS CO-LEADER OF HIS FATHER’S LOYAL LEGIONS AGAINST LICINIUS, AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HELPED SECURE HIS FATHER’S FINAL TRIUMPH OVER HIS RIVAL. SINCE HIS HALF-SIBLINGS WERE SO YOUNG, AND HIS POPULARITY, AND THE GRATITUDE OF HIS FATHER WAS SO GREAT, IT WOULD ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE CRISPUS WAS MADE HEIR APPARENT TO HIS FATHER’S THRONE. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS BRILLIANT CAREER TOOK A VERY SHARP AND BIZARRE TURN, WHEN HIS STEP-MOTHER, THE EMPRESS FAUSTA, WENT TO CONSTANTINE AND ACCUSED CRISPUS OF TRYING TO RAPE HER. FAUSTA'S MOTIVE SEEMS CLEAR, THAT HER SONS WERE IN DANGER OF BEING PASSED OVER IN FAVOR OF CRISPUS, OF WHOM SHE WAS EXTREMELY JEALOUS. SURPRISINGLY, FAUSTA CONVINCED CONSTANTINE OF HIS BELOVED ELDEST SON’S GUILT, AND CRISPUS WAS ARRESTED, CONVICTED, AND EXECUTED. A FEW MONTHS LATER, THE TRUTH SURFACED THAT FAUSTA HAD LIED TO DESTROY CRISPUS, AND CONSTANTINE HAD HER BOILED ALIVE. TREVERORUM MINT You can arrange pickup from our Fort Lauderdale Rare Coin storefront locationOur business hours are Monday - Friday 10:00am-5:00pm ESTPlease ask any/all questions with concerns before bidding / making a purchase.Florida Sales Tax applicable to invoice totals under $500 of non legal tender USA coins and currency. All other states please contact eBay to find out about any possible taxes that may be charged prior to purchasing.INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & DELIVERYPLEASE NOTE: DUE TO T HE CRISIS OCCURRING INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY HAS BECOME DELAYED ONCE THE PACKAGE ARRIVES TO CUSTOMS. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. WE CAN OFFER FEDEX SHIPPING HOWEVER THE COST IS MUCH HIGHER. PLEASE INQUIRE IF INTERESTEDDue to increase in postage rates and large losses to our company when shipping first class packages we are now strictly shipping via Priority mail as it is more secure and traceable all the way to your door.Import taxes and duties are NOT included in the item price or shipping charges. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", ”sample”etc.We now ship solely via USPS Priority Mail International or Fedex International foryour additional tracking and security and ensure delivery to customs.Delivery times could get delayed to as much as 4 weeks depending on customs conditions.It is the buyer's responsibility to check with your country's customs office todetermine what these additional costs (if any) will be prior to bidding or buying.These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up from customs. They are not additional shipping charges by RareCoinCollector. eBay will calculate and add the applicable sales tax at checkout. The buyer will pay both the cost of the item along with the sales tax. eBay will collect and remit the tax. Sellers are not able to opt out of selling items into the states listed above or opt out of eBay automatically collecting sales tax. Based on applicable tax laws, eBay will calculate, collect, and remitsales tax on behalf of sellers for items shipped to customers.
