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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 1688019, member: 25357&quot;]This guy fits into the family somehow...</p><p><br /></p><p>Gallus was a son of <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Julius_Constantius" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Julius_Constantius">Julius Constantius</a> by his first wife <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Galla_(wife_of_Julius_Constantius)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Galla_(wife_of_Julius_Constantius)">Galla</a>. Gallus&#039; paternal grandparents were the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Western_Roman_Emperor" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Western_Roman_Emperor">Western Roman Emperor</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantius_Chlorus" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantius_Chlorus">Constantius Chlorus</a> and his second wife <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Flavia_Maximiana_Theodora" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Flavia_Maximiana_Theodora">Flavia Maximiana Theodora</a>. Julius Constantius was a paternal half-brother of the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Emperor" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Roman_Emperor">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantine_I" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantine_I">Constantine I</a>, which, in turn, meant Gallus was a half-first cousin of Constantine&#039;s sons, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantine_II_(emperor)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantine_II_(emperor)">Constantine II</a>, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantius_II" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constantius_II">Constantius II</a> and <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constans" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Constans">Constans</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Constantius Gallus was said by <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus">Ammianus Marcellinus</a> to have been very good looking, making particular note of his soft blond hair.[SUP]<a href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-1" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/#cite_note-1"><font size="2">[1]</font></a>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial"><b>Constantius Gallus: AD 351-354</b></font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial">Bronze; AE , Centenionalis </font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial">OBV: DN CONSTAN-TIVS NOB C, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial">REV: FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier spearing fallen horseman SMHB in ex</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="arial">(Sear 4055) </font></font>[/SUP][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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