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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;randygeki, post: 912453, member: 13719&quot;]<b>Constans (typo) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><br /></p><p>picked up a coule of cheap coins today, thought I&#039;d share <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Constans centenionalis. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing left on galley, holding Phoenix and labarum, piloted by Victory, R [O or Q ?] in ex. Rome</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Constans AE3 &quot;Centenionalis&quot;. Arles. 337-350 AD. DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, A behind head / FEL TEMP-REPARATIO, emperor in military dress standing left on galley, holding Victory and labarum, Victory sitting at the stern, steering the ship. A in left field, SARL in exergue.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Roman Arles</p><p>The Romans took the town in 123 BC and expanded it into an important city, with a canal link to the Mediterranean Sea being constructed in 104 BC. However, it struggled to escape the shadow of Massalia (Marseille) further along the coast.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Its chance came when it sided with Julius Caesar against Pompey, providing military support. Massalia backed Pompey; when Caesar emerged victorious, Massalia was stripped of its possessions, which were transferred to Arelate as a reward. The town was formally established as a colony for veterans of the Roman legion Legio VI Ferrata, which had its base there. Its full title as a colony was Colonia Iulia Paterna Arelatensium Sextanorum, &quot;the ancestral Julian colony of Arles of the soldiers of the Sixth.&quot; (from wiki)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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