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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3745216, member: 19463&quot;]You don&#039;t know what you are asking.&nbsp; This list has more than a few members with more than a few hundred coins of Constantius II and enemies.&nbsp; &#039;All&#039; you do not want.&nbsp; These are my highlights.&nbsp; All have been posted here before.</p><p><br /></p><p>Amiens mint horsemen are hard to find.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004565[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So are the ones from Trier.[ATTACH=full]1004566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>After the defeat of Magnentius, a few coins were made using his Chi-Rho type in the name of Constantius II.&nbsp; The problem is that Magnentius used that type to point out to Orthodox Christians that Constantius was an Arrian heretic. In particular, Arians did not believe that the Son (Christ) had been with the Father from the beginning but had been created and was subordinate to him.&nbsp; This made the Alpha and Omega used on the coin very inappropriate.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004567[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Siliqua, Arles mint.&nbsp; I bought it for the toning.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004568[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I am fond of the style from the Rome mint even if it is not the most rare of the 15 options for falling horsemen.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004569[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Magnentius has many more interesting types but this black beauty has always been among my favorites.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004570[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Similar but Decentius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004571[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After Constantius has dealt with all those enemies, he needed to find an heir.&nbsp; Having killed off most of his family, he fell back on the young Constantius Gallus who was considered too young to be a threat during the killing time.&nbsp; That did not work out so well either and before long Gallus fell into history as well.&nbsp; My favorite coins of Constantius Gallus:</p><p><br /></p><p>Amiens mint is even harder to find for Gallus than for Constantius II.&nbsp; &nbsp; You can not be too condition snobbish if these are your interest.&nbsp; This is a die clash struck on a ragged flan but is the finest style, typically Amiens, coin I have seen.&nbsp; Of course, I have not seen all that many of these.&nbsp; Have you?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004572[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The Aquilea mint made a few falling horsemen at a standard of 72 to the Roman pound.&nbsp; Changing weight standards happened frequently.&nbsp; Why did they consider it appropriate to label it on the coins on this one occasion? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004574[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, Constantius selected the younger brother of Gallus to be his heir.&nbsp; Again proving that picking relatives is not always the best move, Constantius died when moving to eliminate this latest cousin/disappointment . Julian II had been raised with the finest Christian education but, having seen all his fine Christian family members killing each other, reverted to Paganism and gave us a special bull type in honor of his return to the old ways.&nbsp; The Christians in the army did not see this as a good move so Julian was soon overthrown (but that is another thread).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004575[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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