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<p>[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8099289, member: 128351"]The only Trier <i>Fel. Temp. Reparatio</i> I have is not a centenionalis with the fallen horseman, and not a Constantius Gallus, but a smaller Constantius II with the Phoenix. Probably something very common, but I don't care. I like it because of the very strange and elongated bust of Constantius II. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408119[/ATTACH] AE 17 mm, 2.38 g</p><p><br /></p><p>But would I say it? My favourite 'fallen horseman' is a black tiny coin I bought for a mere nothing in a Tunisian souvenir shop when I was very young. I was charmed by its beauty. I just knew it was Roman, nothing more. It must be Constantius II, probably Antioch mint judging by its elegant style: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408155[/ATTACH]AE 13 mm, 2.90 g </p><p><br /></p><p>More recently a friend offered me 3 larger centenionales from the Antioch mint. They were very probably found together in some hoard. One is Constantius II, the two others Constantius Gallus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408156[/ATTACH] </p><p>AE 22 mm, 5.21 g ; 19-21 mm, 5.33 g ; 22mm, 5.96 g[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GinoLR, post: 8099289, member: 128351"]The only Trier [I]Fel. Temp. Reparatio[/I] I have is not a centenionalis with the fallen horseman, and not a Constantius Gallus, but a smaller Constantius II with the Phoenix. Probably something very common, but I don't care. I like it because of the very strange and elongated bust of Constantius II. [ATTACH=full]1408119[/ATTACH] AE 17 mm, 2.38 g But would I say it? My favourite 'fallen horseman' is a black tiny coin I bought for a mere nothing in a Tunisian souvenir shop when I was very young. I was charmed by its beauty. I just knew it was Roman, nothing more. It must be Constantius II, probably Antioch mint judging by its elegant style: [ATTACH=full]1408155[/ATTACH]AE 13 mm, 2.90 g More recently a friend offered me 3 larger centenionales from the Antioch mint. They were very probably found together in some hoard. One is Constantius II, the two others Constantius Gallus: [ATTACH=full]1408156[/ATTACH] AE 22 mm, 5.21 g ; 19-21 mm, 5.33 g ; 22mm, 5.96 g[/QUOTE]
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