you and your huts and fallen horsemen fel temps...what am I supposed to do? not buy one? Constans ,348-351 AD, AE3 O: DN CONSTANS PF AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left holding globe, R: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier dragging young barbarian from hut beneath tree of one branch with millet-like head with a multi-leaved stalk on each side. Mintmark SMNB. Nicomedia mint. RIC VIII 70. 20 mm, 4.0g I can't believe it took me 5 years to get a hut coin that was worth having. off the list hut! hut this one i didn't get because it was a falllen horseman, but because it was a coin of constantius gallus. the vast majority of his coins are fallen horseman fel temps. Constantius Gallus, 351-354 AD, AE3 O: D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, Draped and cuirassed bust right, R: FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, Soldier spearing fallen horseman who is bare-headed, reaching backwards. Mintmark R(?), Rome mint. 20 mm, 2.6 g. RIC IX Rome 274 var off the list with you constantius gallus! constantius gallus post any huts, constantius gallus, black and tan patinas, or whatever.
chrsmat => congrats on the desert patina hut-coins (very pretty) Sadly, I don't have a Constantius Gallus (yet) Oh, but I do have two Constans hut coins ... wanna see 'em? Double-Double-strike reverse
Both are nice coins! I think I almost bought that hut, but went with this one. Yours has a nicer portrait. Looks like R epsilon in the ex for the Gallus. Cool additions!
I really like that new Gallus from Rome. The portrait is very typical of both the man and the mint. There is quite a variety of Gallus portrait variations for someone who was not on the scene all that long. Some of them are almost cartoonish. Much of this is from mint city styles. I need a Rome with such good style. Of the others: I like Alexandria... ...but find Constantinople less interesting. Trier is one of the hardest to find... Unless you count Amiens.
