Still processing my latest haul....horsemen everywhere!

I just checked out your website Glenn. Fantastic. I too have an interest in the coins of Constantine, and your collection and organization were inspirational and provided a good model/checklist. And when you figure out the FEL TEMP story, let me know. Thanks to the OP for an interesting thread.

 

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The horseman riding down one or two enemies is a harder one. More common is the variation with Magnentius or Constantius struck during the really confused period when those two and Neopotian were jockeying for power. Those used the legend Gloria Romanorum. I'm not sure if the FTR legend ones were a short lived transitional type or just part of the confusion. Either way, I would like one!

 

Speak of the devil. This coin arrived yesterday from Gert Boersema in the Netherlands. It's a Magnentius with good detail for the soldier, horsehead, and barbarian. A weak strike mars a portion of the coin, but I like it. This is the dealer photo; I haven't yet ruined it with one of my bad ones.

 

My fallen horsemen (again, sorry)


Constantius II Fallen Horseman
Centenionalis
Cyzicus
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 ,gamma in left field, ●SMKS in ex.


Constantius II Fallen Horseman
Centenionalis
Constantinople
DN CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
FEL REPARATIO, soldier spearing horseman; gamma in left field, CONSB* in ex.


Constantius II Fallen Horseman
AE Centenionalis
DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed, A behind bust.
FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman "sitting", B in left field and star in right.
RIC 82
Constantius II (R wreath P) Fallen Horseman AE 21
Rome
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, peral-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, B before head left field FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier spearing fallen horseman, R wreath P in ex; RIC VIII 309

 

Its ugly but its Constantius II fel temp running down 2 captives.

 

Nicer than the one I don't have

 

Here's my set of mints, a few I'm working on upgrading.

Alexandria
Amiens
Antioch
Aquileia
Arles
Constantinople
Cyzicus
Heraclea
Lyons
Nicomedia
Rome
Sirmium
Siscia
Thessalonica
Trier