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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1684410, member: 19463&quot;][h=2]From my FTR page:</p><p><br /></p><p>Part 5 - The Phoenix[/h]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/phoenix.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Finally we consider the smallest denomination of the FTR series. Weighing half as much as the large (AE2) coins and containing only a trace (accidental?) of silver, these could not have been valued at over half the middle denomination. Obverses were right facing busts of either Constantius II or Constans but the type was discontinued before the first issues of the other rulers discussed above. The Phoenix coins were issued by ten mints in two major varieties. Six mints show the phoenix standing on a globe while five used a pile of stones (pyre). Thessalonica issued coins of both varieties. Our illustration shows reverses from Siscia (pyre, left) and Nicomedia (globe, right). Symbol of rebirth, the Phoenix type seems particularly appropriate for a series of coins issued on the 1100th anniversary of the founding of Rome.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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