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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clavdivs, post: 4256184, member: 93702&quot;]At the time this coins was struck (347-48) Constantius II was Augustus of the East with his brother Constans as ruler of the West (for the time being.....)</p><p><br /></p><p>This little coin has quite a few things going for it in my books: </p><p>The price was only $7 - which really is one of the reasons to shy away from &quot;uncleaned&quot; coins. You can get nice, identifiable coins for only a little more (for me this is &quot;live and learn&quot;).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a nice little example for the price. Although far from perfect, it has some really detailed artwork on such a small flan (16mm). I really love the bust .. it is excellent in my book -&nbsp; and while the reverse is a little off center and a bit rough it is acceptable to me. This is my first coin featuring the &quot;VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN&quot; reverse legend. One that I really like.. I have seen a few slightly different translations to this but it is something like:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #000000"><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=VICTORIAE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=VICTORIAE" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">Victoriae</span></a> </span>duorum dominorum <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Augusti" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Augusti" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">augusti</span></a> que nostrorum</i> - to the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Victory" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Victory" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">Victory</span></a>(ies) of our Two Lord Emperors.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1085301[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv:</b> CONSTANTIVS P F AVG - Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantius II.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rev:</b> VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN - Two victories, facing each other, each holding wreath and palm; Leaf between, TRS in ex. (Trier mint).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am sure there are some really great examples out there.. please post![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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