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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 3018816, member: 10613&quot;]Here is a coin that I sold a while ago and thought that it was fairly interesting. It is a Constans Fel Temp galley from Antioch and while it is not listed in RIC for the diadem type; what is really nice is the figurehead on the prow of the galley. It looks like a wolf or maybe a draco. Small details like this really elevate these LRB&#039;s. I have only seen a few of these over the years, often the detail is not clear enough to be certain what is depicted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The FTR Galley type is likely a reference to a visit Constans made to Britain in A.D. 343, and it seems he was celebrating some sort of a victory on these coins. For more on this, see the article by Konrad Kraft&nbsp; “Die Taten der Kaiser Constans und Constantius II”</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750138[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Constans</p><p>A.D. 348-350</p><p>22x23mm 5.0gm</p><p>D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG; rosette-diademed, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right.</p><p>FEL TEMP REPARATIO; Emperor in military dress stg. l., holding phoenix on globe and standard with X on banner; in stern sits Victory, steering ship with figurehead.</p><p>In ex. ANB</p><p>RIC VIII Antioch –[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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