Two of Constans

No great shakes here. The first is a newp - bargain bin find with less common reverse legend. The second is just a new pic of an old coin.

 

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Nice additions.

My only constans, also one of my darkest coins I own. Gloss doesnt help.

Constans (337 - 350 A.D.)
Æ2
O: DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, Pearl diademed, draped and and cuirassed bust left, holding globe in right hand.
R: FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, Helmeted soldier,spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small figure from a hut beneath a tree.
(mint of Cyzicus), 4th offincia. SMKΔ
4.5g

 

that "black and tan" fel temp is pretty.

 

Thanks Chris - it's one of the first LRB's I ever bought, and it seriously piqued my interest in ancients. It's a nice, hefty AE2, on a thick flan.

Incidentally, that reverse legend on the first coin is an abbreviation for "Victoriae Dominorum Augustorum Que Nostrorum", or "Victory to our lords and emperors".

 

*drooool* ... yup, I'm a total fan of both coins, but that desert-patina hound is fricken yummy!! (nice hut!!)

 

If I didnt like empresses or clashed dies I would focus on sandy patinas only. They rock!

 

Great addition. I like the hut a lot!