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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 6454183, member: 51347&quot;]This series always interested me.&nbsp; I have heard various thoughts on the message.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Very nice, [USER=31620]@maridvnvm[/USER] .&nbsp; It just astounds me the diversity and detail that the various coins have.&nbsp; Thanks for the education.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was your postings of the Huts, the Fallen Horsemen, etc. from your posts several years ago that got me to capture some examples of my own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257300[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constans, AD 337-350</p><p>Æ Follis, 22mm, 3.9g, 6h; Heraclea, AD 348-351.</p><p>Obv.: D N CONSTANS P F AVG; Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust left, holding globe.</p><p>Rev.: FEL TEMP REPARATIO; Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small, bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points downward, beneath the soldier’s legs // SMHA</p><p>Reference: RIC VIII 71, p.435</p><p>Comments:&nbsp; These hut types were minted during the same period as the Falling Horseman. The emperor leading a child from the woods is thought to symbolize the Roman Empire leading barbarians out of darkness into civilization. This is nicely-detailed example of the type from the Heraclea mint.</p><p><i>From the Collection of Doug Smith #643</i></p><p><i>Ex: [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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