This wont impress many but thought I'd post it so others could share their new FTR coins, or any LRB. Got a decent, inexpensive FTR from bargain bin that came today. Constantius II, AE 3, Constantinople, 348-50 AD, 2.04g. DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, radiate phoenix standing right on globe. Mintmark CONSI star. RIC VIII Constantinople 93 var (unlisted officina)? Brian also tossed in a freebie of Valentinian. Thanks ! Valentinian I AE3. AD 364-367. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIP, Valentinian standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe. Mintmark TESB Thessalonica RIC IX 17a1, B Feel free to share any coins you feel are relevant.
CONSTANS AE2 OBVERSE: D N CONSTANS P F AVG - Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding globe REVERSE: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing left holding chi-rho banner in right and resting left on shield, two bound captives wearing Phrygian helmets standing to left, ASIS in ex Struck at Siscia 348-350 AD 3.93g, 20mm RIC VIII 224 CONSTANS AE3 OBVERSE: CONSTANS P F AVG - Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. REVERSE: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Exe: SIS• - Phoenix, radiate, standing right on pile of ashes. Struck at Siscia 348-350 AD 2.7g, 20mm RIC 232 CONSTANS AE3 OBVERSE: CONSTANS P F AVG - Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: FEL TEMP REPARATIO Exe: /AN - Phoenix standing right on globe Struck at Antioch 337-350AD 2.9g, 18mm RIC 131 CONSTANTIUS II AE3 OBVERSE: DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right REVERSE: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing left on prow of ship piloted by Victory, holding globe with phoenix. BSIS SYM2 in ex. Struck at Siscia 348-350 AD 2.20g, 18 mm RIC VIII 205 CONSTANTIUS GALLUS Centenionalis OBVERSE: D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Helmeted soldier to left, shield on left arm, spearing fallen horseman; shield on ground at right. Horseman turns to face soldier and raises right arm, dot SMKA in ex. Struck at Cyzicus 351-354 AD 5.40 g, 23.9 mm RIC-VIII, 97
WOW! Brian is GREAT! Randy, your coin is GREAT! I am still learning this late Roman "sctuff", um FTR: FEL TEMP REPAIR-a-TATER NO??? AH! I found mine... RI Centeniolis Rome 348-350 CE FEL TEMP REPA-RATIO soldier advancing right, spear downward captive tree R star T RIC VIII 140 RI Constantius Gallus Caesar 351-354 AE21 FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier-spearing-fallen-horseman RIC 348 Siscia
