Not another fallen horseman

Thanks, Eng. I am having a lot of fun. Are there many dealers/ancients for sale at BCC? Our situations re ancients here at the Alexandria (VA) Coin Club is dismal. Every once in a while I put up in our auction a gringy sestertius, but they only sell about half the time. I am the only one who puts up ancients. We only have about 4 members who collect ancients.

 

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My Julian FH arrived today, and I'm quite pleased with it. I'm not sure why, but I have a warm place in my heart for scrappy, less-than-common LRB's.

 

Love the "Spock" portrait.

 

Here's a scarce FH also accompanying Julian.

 

The large Centenionalis are always nice. Here is one of my favorites, a rather scarce one from Constans at Arles, 24mm 5.20g:

 

Very nice indeed!

 

Speaking of overlooked coins, these are the most overlooked ever and with so many subtypes and variations that one could spend years trying to collect them...

 

The dean of our little society of collectors here at CT, Doug Smith, has a page on these types at FORVM.

Falling Horsemen

 

Every time I turn around I see another FH variation I want. Dane says there are 2200 of them and I have no reason to doubt her. I like all of the FEL TEMP types.

 

Like this one...

 

2200? Who is Dane?

 

=> the gate-keeper of Wildwinds

 

In the side car

 

I thought he was about to eat an apple with his creepy "T-Rex hands"

what follows is my entire stash of Fel Temp coins...




Constans. AE21. Lugdunum. DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, holding globe / FEL dot TEMP dot REPAR-ATIO, helmeted soldier, spear (pointing upwards and right) in left hand, advancing right, head left. With his right hand he is leading a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree with three branches ending in small pods. Mintmark PLG. RIC VIII Lyons 85. 4,12 gm., 21 mm

 

Horseman sitting


CONSTANTIUS II (337 - 361). MAIORINA. THESSALONICA.

Obv: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG .
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; A behind.
Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO/ TS Δ.
Soldier standing left, spearing fallen horseman; A in field.

RIC 123.

 

One captive, on the left






Constantius II
A.D. 350- 355
23mm 5.4gm
DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust.
FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor in military dress advancing left, holding Victory on globe and a standard with a Chi-Rho on the banner; with his right foot he spurns a seated captive.
In ex. star TSA star, in left field gamma, in right field star.
RIC VIII Thessalonica 172
type only issued from Thessalonica with one captive

 

Two captives

Constantius II Æ Half Centenionalis / Emperor with two captive

Attribution:RIC VIII 80 Cyzicus
Date:348-350 AD
Obverse:D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed draped cuirassed bust left, holding globe in right hand
Reverse:FEL TEMP - REPARATIO, Constantius advancing left, holding Chi-Rho labarum, two bound captives at his feet, •SMKE in exergue
Size:22.28 mm
Weight:3.71 grams

 

Reaching back

Constantius II�Centenionalis. Cyzicus, AD 351-4. DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier to left, shield on left arm, spearing fallen horseman,Gammain left field,●SMKS in ex. RIC 95. 5.61g, 23mm, 4h.

 

'nuther sitter

Constantius II

A.D. 350
24mm 4.9gm
DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed, A behind bust.

FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman, B in left field and star in right.
In ex. dot TSB dot

RIC VIII Thessalonica 134 Minted under the authority of Vetranio

 

2 on the right

Constantius II
A.D. 348- 350
20x21mm 3.9gm

DN CONSTANTIVS PF AVG; pearl-diadem, draped, cuirassed, globe in hand, N behind bust.

FEL TEMP REPARATIO; Emperor, nimbate and in military dress, with shield on left arm, galloping to right, thrusting with spear at two barbarians wearing pointed caps who kneel before him and raise their arms, N in right field.

In ex. RP

RIC VIII Rome 153