On reverse, the head of the horse has crossed the bar over the exergue. Then the letters of the reverse legend seem a little bit confused or double struck. I guess..
Let's see the edge. Would there be a reasonable profit counterfeiting these? Yeah, I know that everything is faked eventually. All I see is some very smooth, rounded, and highly reflective high points leading me to believe old polishing. So?
DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG Constantius II pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO soldier spearing Horseman, bearded, bare-headed, reaching, reaching ALEΓ in ex. Γ in left field Alexandria 72
I like how the AVG on the obverse seems to be squished together, like the engraver ran out of room. Oops! Can you imagine the scene? How do you say, "What the heck?!" in Latin? I wonder if that is what he muttered as he sat there inscribing and realized what he had done.
We had to make a lot of dies to strike a million coins last month. Do I exaggerate? Maybe not. Mine: I see no reason to doubt the coin.
Here's a Constantius II reduced maiorina from Alexandria. It's pretty small and rather worn. I can't complain, though. It was part of a bulk lot I got for less than $2.00 a coin. Constantius II, Augustus 337-361 Roman billon reduced maiorina, 2.85 g, 15.2 mm, 6 h Alexandria, AD 353-356 Obv: D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier spearing falling horseman, facing soldier and extending left arm; ALEA in exergue Refs: RIC viii, p. 545, 82; LRBC II 2846; RCV 18288; Voetter 28; Cohen 47
My concern about this coin centered around the weakness on the upper part of the Emperor's nose and back of his neck. I bought it at a local coin show (part of an 18 coin lot) for what I considered a great price. I've boon looking for a nice soldier spearing type and I fell head over heals for this one!