12/13 now ^_^ Obverse: DN CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG; Pearl diademed draped cuirassed bust left, holding globe in right hand Reverse: FEL TEMP REPA-RATIO; Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points downwards, between the soldier's legs.; ALEA in exergue Size: 22.05mm Weight: 3.3 grams RIC VIII 58 Alexandria
This is probably my favorite Roman reverse type, I like the think the (Germanic?) Barbarian on the reverse is a distant relation.
Quite a nice coin, thanks for sharing. Although I've got many of good 'ol Constantius II I don't have this reverse type.
well, you guys finally made me go out and buy a hut...it's incoming! RG and martin always showing off their hut coins...what was i supposed to do?
Thanks all. Yeah I'm 12 out of 13 mints. I just need Lyons. Well that and I need to upgrade my first one, Constantinople (below).
Here’s my recently completed so-called “barbarian and hut” set for Constans. Not all are beauties. The Antioch has a nice desert patina. The Aquileia is glossy and EF–about as good as it gets. My Siscia is bizarre–perhaps a novice die engraver, or an unofficial coin. Thanks to Bill Welch (“Moonmoth / Moremoth”) selling off much of his collection, I got a deal on quality coins of Rome, Lyons, and Trier in one fell swoop. Bill probably lost money on those coins, judging by the original tags. He made me a gracious offer. Arles was my last coin in this series. It could use some upgrading, but the price was right: $8 from Portugal. Note that my photograph collage software just repeated the first three coins to fill out the collage at the bottom. There are only 13 individual coins here representing the 13 mints, from left to right, top to bottom: Alexandria, Arles, Antioch, Nicomedia, Constantinople, Cyzicus, Heraclea, Siscia, Thessalonica, Aquileia, Lyons, Rome, Trier. I still say the “soldier and barbarian” on this reverse are to be conflated with Aeneas and Ascanius and the Flight from Troy, though I know that’s a tough sell. But that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Good luck @randygeki with the set!
Nice. I have a full mint set for Constans but only have 5 mints for Constantius II. I think that I was lucky to find my Alexandria. Constantius II - AE2 Obv:– D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding globe Rev:– FEL . TEMP . REPARATIO, Soldier advancing right, head left, holding spear and leading small figure from hut beneath tree Minted in Alexandria (* //ALED). Reference:– RIC VIII Alexandria 66 var (RIC 66 rated S, Not listed for this officina in RIC)
That Alexandria is also about as good as it gets. Look at those cheeks on the "barbarian"! He needs to lay off the chocolate bars.
I have a few Constans Lugdunum. This one is probably my nicest. Constans - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, Rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand Rev:- FEL TEMP REPAR-ATIO, Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points up and to the right Minted in Lugdunum, (// *PLG), A.D. 348-350 Reference:– RIC VIII Lugdunum 87 (R)
Great set Thats a wonderful coin Martin! Eventually I will try for full sets for both Constans and Constantius.
Congrats again, geki ... oh and Gavin, that's a sweet Constans set! Ummm, if we're gonna pose-down our hut-coins, then this is certainly my only shot at getting a couple of high-fives!! It's not a Constantius-II, but this zany double-struck Constans is one of this year's favourite coin-additions ...
