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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orange Julius, post: 2836483, member: 77226&quot;]Hi all,</p><p>This coin may not be all that pretty but I find it interesting and it&#039;s fairly rare... plus the mullet is top-notch.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 354 (or 353?) Arelatum (Arles) was restored to the name Constantina by Constantius II. This name change resulted in mint marks changing from PARL or SARL (or similar) to PCON or SCON (or similar).</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantius Gallus was executed in the &quot;winter&quot; (November-December?) of 354.</p><p><br /></p><p>So... this coin was minted in the narrow timeframe between the name change of Arles to Constantia and Gallus&#039; execution... somewhere between a period of a year or so or a few months perhaps in 354.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been trying to hunt down more specific dates for the two events but haven&#039;t had much luck yet.<b> Anyone know of sources for more narrow dates? When exactly did Arles change to Constantina and was Gallus executed?</b></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>Ae3 Constantius Gallus</p><p>Ob: DN CONSTANTI-VS NOB CAES, bust draped right, bareheaded</p><p>R: FEL TEMP - REPARATIO, soldier spearing fallen horseman, D in the field to the left - SCON in exergue</p><p>Arles - 354 - Ferrando 1171 - Ferrando II 1338 (R3) - RIC.217</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post any other related fallen horseman or any that can be dated to a narrow range.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]669837[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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