Another Fel temp (not Constantius, Constans, Gallus or Julian II)

Eutropius, who was a contemporary of Victor (both born circa A.D. 320), was another primary source who wrote that Decentius was the brother of Magnentius.

"...Magnentius, who had been defeated in various battles, put an end to his life at Lyons in the third year and seventh month of his reign, as did his brother, too, at Sens, whom he had sent as Caesar to defend Gaul." Breviarium 10:12

 

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Nice one @randygeki !

Mine:

Chi Rho:

RI Magnentius 351-352 CE AE 1 CHI RHO

Greenie:

RI Magnentius 351-352 CE AE 2 Maiorina 2 Victories holding wreath VOT V

 

@randygeki I've been learning quite a bit from your FEL TEMP posts so thanks for that. The Galleys are cool but I think I'm partial to the Fallen Horseman reverse - suppose I might have to start searching for one. Looking forward to your next!

@dougsmit thanks for the awesome article on these!

 

Thanks all and great coins!

It's rated common by RIC. Though I have passed up better examples in the past, it's not so common when looking for one.

That's great to hear, though with my mess-up I did on my last topic, be sure use better sources than me

Heres some FH for you.

 

Something to remember about horsemen is that they are extremely common as a group but 90% of the total count are the small, late, poorly made ones that were churned out at a furious pace toward the end of the time of Constantius II. Horsemen are a dime a dozen. Finding nice examples of the large (AE2), early ones will not be easy but perhaps easier than finding nice examples of the tiny ones. These tend to be a lot like the AE4 example at the bottom of my Alexandria image from my page on the type.

Actually it is better than most of what it represents (Julian II as Caesar). For specialists like Randy, the varieties are quite different types. Most collectors won't want four variations (FH1-4) from 15 mints in three sizes (S-M-L, actually not all these exist because some mints only produced for part of the total time horsemen were issued). Finding the 'one' that speaks to you, individually, might be a hard decision. After all, who would want a coin like the Constantius II below that thrilled me when it came my way? RIC 316 p278 is only an R but harder to find better than this than most of the 2200 variations.

 

At least there are plenty to chose from