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<p>[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8279507, member: 26430"]<blockquote><p>Quick View Thumbnails (minus the two images direct from CT Gallery):</p><p>[ATTACH]1462105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462106[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462107[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462108[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462109[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462110[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Is it time for a new Fallen Horseman thread yet?</p><p><br /></p><p><i>(By the way, feel free to post any other Fallen Horseman or FEL TEMP or related stuff.)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve been wondering about two features I’ve noticed but cannot identify (or find discussed elsewhere). Some examples below (auction links are to <a href="https://acsearch.info" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://acsearch.info" rel="nofollow">ACSearch.info</a> records; NBD links to <a href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/" rel="nofollow">nummus-bible-database.com</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>Not exactly sure what to call them, but...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Feature 1</b> (<b><i>“extra leg”</i></b>) I’ve only noticed this one on one particular scarcer type (certain Constans AE2s of Thessalonica). There's some kind of long line in between the rider's leg and the horse's leg.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Feature 2</b> (<i><b>“soldier’s kit”</b></i>) is common and appears on AE2s and/or AE3s of all four (main) emperors (Constantius II, Constantius Gallus, Constans, and Julian II AE3s). But I still haven't seen anyone talk about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>An example illustrating both features (sadly, I sold it c. 2013/4):</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>Example 1.1 / 2.1: Constans AE2 (Thessalonica, RIC 116) Showing Both Features.</b></i></p><p><i><b>[ATTACH=full]1462105[/ATTACH]</b></i></p><blockquote><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Constans (337-350) AE Maiorina (27mm, 6.24 g, 6h). Thessalonica Mint, 348 – 350. Obv</b>: D N CONSTANS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; holding globe. <b>Rev</b>: FEL TEMP REPARATIO / TSΓ* in exergue. Soldier spearing fallen horseman (FH1). <b>Ref</b>: RIC 116; </font></font><i><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><a href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-19662.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-19662.htm" rel="nofollow">NVMMVS BIBLE II NBD N° 18973</a> </font></font></i><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">(this coin). </font></font><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">Prov</font></font></b><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">: Ex-Curtis, acq. Gitbud & Naumann (13 Apr 2013; see NBD link above); sold in 2013 or 2014 (wish I didn’t!); later, </font></font><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3308815" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3308815" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">CNG EA 329 (25 Jun 2014), 564</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"> (“Fairfield Collection”).</font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>FEATURE 1. “Extra Leg”: Between Rider’s Leg and Horse’s Hind Leg. (Stirrup? Some other gear? 2nd hindleg?)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t really know what it could be. It seems too long to be a stirrup (perhaps <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/notsev.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/notsev.html" rel="nofollow">not the kind of stirrup that Doug meant, which would be <i>in front of</i> the horseman’s leg</a>), but too small and flimsy to be the horse’s other hindleg. But maybe it is one of those?</p><p><br /></p><p>I’ve only noticed it on one other (current) example of my own – also a Constans, Thessalonica, type FH1 (clutching horse’s neck), with TSΓ* in exergue (RIC 116).</p><p><br /></p><p>But I’ve also seen it on other reverse dies (e.g., <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3385358" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3385358" rel="nofollow">G&M 241, 2727</a> and – especially clearly – <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3317839" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3317839" rel="nofollow">CNG EA 343, 625</a>). Some Thessalonica-RIC 116's don't have it.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Example 1.2:</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462106[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constans-337-350-ae-maiorina-5-45-25mm-6h-thessalonica-mint-348-%E2%80%93-350.16546/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1614306317" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Constans (337-350) AE Maiorina (5.45, 25mm, 6h). Thessalonica Mint, 348 – 350. Obv</b>: D N CONSTANS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; holding globe. <b>Rev</b>: FEL TEMP REPARATIO / TSΓ* in exergue. Soldier spearing fallen horseman (FH1). <b>Ref</b>: RIC 116. <b>Prov</b>: Ex-<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1905988" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1905988" rel="nofollow">Gitbud & Naumann <i>Pecunem</i> 15 (Vienna, 6 Apr 2014), 771</a> [since conserved]. [<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constans-337-350-ae-maiorina-5-45-25mm-6h-thessalonica-mint-348-%E2%80%93-350.16546/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constans-337-350-ae-maiorina-5-45-25mm-6h-thessalonica-mint-348-%E2%80%93-350.16546/">CT Gallery</a>]</font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>FEATURE 2. Soldier’s “Kit”: Club? Axe / Fasces?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The second feature is much more common. It is not visible on all Fallen Horsemen, but on at least some coins of all four main authorities to strike them. (It can be seen on the first coin shown, above).</p><p><br /></p><p>Guido Bruck (1961/2014, trans., <i>Late Roman Bronze Coinage: An Attribution Guide for Poorly Preserved Coins</i>: pp. 50-54) illustrates this feature on several of his drawings for both AE2s and AE3s of different mints and types of fallen horsemen. I see it regularly on AE2s and/or AE3s of Constantius II, Constantius Gallus, Constans, and Julian II (I haven’t included any of Julian’s here):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462107[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be part of the soldier’s kit, hanging at the waist, beneath his shield and flowing capes. Sometimes it looks like a nondescript cylinder, sometimes like a club. Sometimes it looks like it could be an axe. Perhaps even a bit like the <i>fasces</i> carried over the shoulders of Brutus’ lictors, centuries earlier (below).</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Examples 2.2-2.4 (Group Zoom): Varieties of the “Soldier’s Kit” on examples of Constantius II (Cyzicus & Constantinople) and Constantius Gallus (Antioch). [A couple more in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fel-temp-friday-a-fallen-horseman-thread.375587/#post-6447285" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fel-temp-friday-a-fallen-horseman-thread.375587/#post-6447285">my previous comment here</a>.]</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462108[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Ex 2.2</i>-<i>4 (Full images):</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-5-20g-25mm-12h-cyzicus-351-%E2%80%93-355.16545/full?d=1614306317" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><blockquote><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Constantius II (Augustus, 337-361) AE Maiorina</b> (5.20g, 25mm, 12h). Cyzicus, 351 – 355. <b>Obv</b>: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. <b>Rev</b>: FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Γ in left field. •SMKA in exergue. Soldier, bearing shield decorated with three pellets above and below central hub, spearing fallen horseman. Type FH3. <b>Ref</b>: RIC VIII 96; <i><a href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-98647.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-98647.htm" rel="nofollow">NVMMVS BIBLE II NBD N° 95642</a></i> (this coin). <b>Prov</b>: Ex-<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7665595" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7665595" rel="nofollow">InAsta spa Auction 91, 427</a> (San Marino, 15 Dec 2020). [<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-5-20g-25mm-12h-cyzicus-351-%E2%80%93-355.16545/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-5-20g-25mm-12h-cyzicus-351-%E2%80%93-355.16545/">CT Gallery</a>]</font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462109[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. “The Gran Constantinople.” Constantius II AE Maiorina</b> (7.67g, 25mm, 12h). Constantinople, 348-351 CE. <b>Obv:</b> D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust. <b>Rev:</b> FEL TEMP REPARATIO // Γ // CONSE* in ex. Soldier spearing fallen horseman. <b>Ref:</b> RIC 82; </font></font><a href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-64402.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-64402.htm" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><i>NVMMVS BIBLE II</i> NBD N° 61536</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"> (this coin). </font></font><b><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">Prov</font></font></b><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">: Ex-Bertolami Fine Arts </font></font><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7358450" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7358450" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">Auction 37 (Rome, 19 Sep 2017), 1554</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"> & </font></font><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4386533" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4386533" rel="nofollow"><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">EA 92 (London, 2 Oct 2020), 699</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">. [</font></font><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/%E2%80%9Cthe-gran-constantinople-%E2%80%9D-constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-7-67g-25mm-12h-constantinople-mint-348-351-ce.16544/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/%E2%80%9Cthe-gran-constantinople-%E2%80%9D-constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-7-67g-25mm-12h-constantinople-mint-348-351-ce.16544/"><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">CT Gallery</font></font></a><font face="Georgia"><font size="4">]</font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1462110[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Roman Imperial. Constantius Gallus (351-354) AE Maiorina</b> (4.44g, 22mm, 6h). Antioch, 351-354 CE. <b>Obv</b>: DN CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES//Δ. Bareheaded, draped, cuirassed bust r. <b>Rev</b>: FEL TEMP REPARATIO//AN- (exergue). Roman soldier, crested helmet, spearing fallen horseman (Germ.?) reaching upward (FH3), bareheaded (braided?), loose tunic, trousers. <b>Ref:</b> RIC 139. <b>Prov:</b> Ex-<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6679045" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6679045" rel="nofollow">Peus EA 10 (Frankfurt, 18 Jan 2020), 599</a>; DeVries Coll; F Taylor AUS 82. [<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-gallus-351-354-ae-maiorina-4-44g-22mm-6h-antioch-mint-circa-351-354-ce.16549/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-gallus-351-354-ae-maiorina-4-44g-22mm-6h-antioch-mint-circa-351-354-ce.16549/">CT Gallery</a>]</font></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Maybe something similar to Fasces (Brutus & Koson coinage)? Don't know why a soldier would have that. Just a wild speculation.</i></p><p><i>[ATTACH]1462111[/ATTACH]</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Any thoughts? Any examples that may clarify? If anybody wants to share other anatomical anomalies of the FH series, that’d be interesting too. For all the discussions, I suspect there’s still more of interest to see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curtis, post: 8279507, member: 26430"][INDENT]Quick View Thumbnails (minus the two images direct from CT Gallery): [ATTACH]1462105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462106[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462107[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462108[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462109[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]1462110[/ATTACH][/INDENT] Is it time for a new Fallen Horseman thread yet? [I](By the way, feel free to post any other Fallen Horseman or FEL TEMP or related stuff.)[/I] I’ve been wondering about two features I’ve noticed but cannot identify (or find discussed elsewhere). Some examples below (auction links are to [URL='https://acsearch.info']ACSearch.info[/URL] records; NBD links to [URL='https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/']nummus-bible-database.com[/URL]). Not exactly sure what to call them, but... [B]Feature 1[/B] ([B][I]“extra leg”[/I][/B]) I’ve only noticed this one on one particular scarcer type (certain Constans AE2s of Thessalonica). There's some kind of long line in between the rider's leg and the horse's leg. [B]Feature 2[/B] ([I][B]“soldier’s kit”[/B][/I]) is common and appears on AE2s and/or AE3s of all four (main) emperors (Constantius II, Constantius Gallus, Constans, and Julian II AE3s). But I still haven't seen anyone talk about it. An example illustrating both features (sadly, I sold it c. 2013/4): [I][B]Example 1.1 / 2.1: Constans AE2 (Thessalonica, RIC 116) Showing Both Features. [ATTACH=full]1462105[/ATTACH][/B][/I] [INDENT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Constans (337-350) AE Maiorina (27mm, 6.24 g, 6h). Thessalonica Mint, 348 – 350. Obv[/B]: D N CONSTANS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; holding globe. [B]Rev[/B]: FEL TEMP REPARATIO / TSΓ* in exergue. Soldier spearing fallen horseman (FH1). [B]Ref[/B]: RIC 116; [/SIZE][/FONT][I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4][URL='https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-19662.htm']NVMMVS BIBLE II NBD N° 18973[/URL] [/SIZE][/FONT][/I][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4](this coin). [/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]Prov[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]: Ex-Curtis, acq. Gitbud & Naumann (13 Apr 2013; see NBD link above); sold in 2013 or 2014 (wish I didn’t!); later, [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3308815'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]CNG EA 329 (25 Jun 2014), 564[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4] (“Fairfield Collection”).[/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [B]FEATURE 1. “Extra Leg”: Between Rider’s Leg and Horse’s Hind Leg. (Stirrup? Some other gear? 2nd hindleg?)[/B] I don’t really know what it could be. It seems too long to be a stirrup (perhaps [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/notsev.html']not the kind of stirrup that Doug meant, which would be [I]in front of[/I] the horseman’s leg[/URL]), but too small and flimsy to be the horse’s other hindleg. But maybe it is one of those? I’ve only noticed it on one other (current) example of my own – also a Constans, Thessalonica, type FH1 (clutching horse’s neck), with TSΓ* in exergue (RIC 116). But I’ve also seen it on other reverse dies (e.g., [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3385358']G&M 241, 2727[/URL] and – especially clearly – [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3317839']CNG EA 343, 625[/URL]). Some Thessalonica-RIC 116's don't have it. [I]Example 1.2:[/I] [ATTACH=full]1462106[/ATTACH] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/constans-337-350-ae-maiorina-5-45-25mm-6h-thessalonica-mint-348-%E2%80%93-350.16546/full?lightbox=1&last_edit_date=1614306317[/IMG] [INDENT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Constans (337-350) AE Maiorina (5.45, 25mm, 6h). Thessalonica Mint, 348 – 350. Obv[/B]: D N CONSTANS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; holding globe. [B]Rev[/B]: FEL TEMP REPARATIO / TSΓ* in exergue. Soldier spearing fallen horseman (FH1). [B]Ref[/B]: RIC 116. [B]Prov[/B]: Ex-[URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1905988']Gitbud & Naumann [I]Pecunem[/I] 15 (Vienna, 6 Apr 2014), 771[/URL] [since conserved]. [[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/media/constans-337-350-ae-maiorina-5-45-25mm-6h-thessalonica-mint-348-%E2%80%93-350.16546/']CT Gallery[/URL]][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [B]FEATURE 2. Soldier’s “Kit”: Club? Axe / Fasces?[/B] The second feature is much more common. It is not visible on all Fallen Horsemen, but on at least some coins of all four main authorities to strike them. (It can be seen on the first coin shown, above). Guido Bruck (1961/2014, trans., [I]Late Roman Bronze Coinage: An Attribution Guide for Poorly Preserved Coins[/I]: pp. 50-54) illustrates this feature on several of his drawings for both AE2s and AE3s of different mints and types of fallen horsemen. I see it regularly on AE2s and/or AE3s of Constantius II, Constantius Gallus, Constans, and Julian II (I haven’t included any of Julian’s here): [ATTACH=full]1462107[/ATTACH] It appears to be part of the soldier’s kit, hanging at the waist, beneath his shield and flowing capes. Sometimes it looks like a nondescript cylinder, sometimes like a club. Sometimes it looks like it could be an axe. Perhaps even a bit like the [I]fasces[/I] carried over the shoulders of Brutus’ lictors, centuries earlier (below). [I]Examples 2.2-2.4 (Group Zoom): Varieties of the “Soldier’s Kit” on examples of Constantius II (Cyzicus & Constantinople) and Constantius Gallus (Antioch). [A couple more in [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fel-temp-friday-a-fallen-horseman-thread.375587/#post-6447285']my previous comment here[/URL].][/I] [ATTACH=full]1462108[/ATTACH] [I]Ex 2.2[/I]-[I]4 (Full images):[/I] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-5-20g-25mm-12h-cyzicus-351-%E2%80%93-355.16545/full?d=1614306317[/IMG] [INDENT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Constantius II (Augustus, 337-361) AE Maiorina[/B] (5.20g, 25mm, 12h). Cyzicus, 351 – 355. [B]Obv[/B]: D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. [B]Rev[/B]: FEL TEMP REPARATIO. Γ in left field. •SMKA in exergue. Soldier, bearing shield decorated with three pellets above and below central hub, spearing fallen horseman. Type FH3. [B]Ref[/B]: RIC VIII 96; [I][URL='https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-98647.htm']NVMMVS BIBLE II NBD N° 95642[/URL][/I] (this coin). [B]Prov[/B]: Ex-[URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7665595']InAsta spa Auction 91, 427[/URL] (San Marino, 15 Dec 2020). [[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-5-20g-25mm-12h-cyzicus-351-%E2%80%93-355.16545/']CT Gallery[/URL]][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1462109[/ATTACH] [INDENT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. “The Gran Constantinople.” Constantius II AE Maiorina[/B] (7.67g, 25mm, 12h). Constantinople, 348-351 CE. [B]Obv:[/B] D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust. [B]Rev:[/B] FEL TEMP REPARATIO // Γ // CONSE* in ex. Soldier spearing fallen horseman. [B]Ref:[/B] RIC 82; [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://www.nummus-bible-database.com/monnaie-64402.htm'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4][I]NVMMVS BIBLE II[/I] NBD N° 61536[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4] (this coin). [/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]Prov[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]: Ex-Bertolami Fine Arts [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7358450'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]Auction 37 (Rome, 19 Sep 2017), 1554[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4] & [/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4386533'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]EA 92 (London, 2 Oct 2020), 699[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]. [[/SIZE][/FONT][URL='https://www.cointalk.com/media/%E2%80%9Cthe-gran-constantinople-%E2%80%9D-constantius-ii-ae-maiorina-7-67g-25mm-12h-constantinople-mint-348-351-ce.16544/'][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]CT Gallery[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1462110[/ATTACH] [INDENT][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4][B]Roman Imperial. Constantius Gallus (351-354) AE Maiorina[/B] (4.44g, 22mm, 6h). Antioch, 351-354 CE. [B]Obv[/B]: DN CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES//Δ. Bareheaded, draped, cuirassed bust r. [B]Rev[/B]: FEL TEMP REPARATIO//AN- (exergue). Roman soldier, crested helmet, spearing fallen horseman (Germ.?) reaching upward (FH3), bareheaded (braided?), loose tunic, trousers. [B]Ref:[/B] RIC 139. [B]Prov:[/B] Ex-[URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6679045']Peus EA 10 (Frankfurt, 18 Jan 2020), 599[/URL]; DeVries Coll; F Taylor AUS 82. [[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/media/constantius-gallus-351-354-ae-maiorina-4-44g-22mm-6h-antioch-mint-circa-351-354-ce.16549/']CT Gallery[/URL]][/SIZE][/FONT][/INDENT] [I]Maybe something similar to Fasces (Brutus & Koson coinage)? Don't know why a soldier would have that. Just a wild speculation. [ATTACH]1462111[/ATTACH] [/I] Any thoughts? Any examples that may clarify? If anybody wants to share other anatomical anomalies of the FH series, that’d be interesting too. For all the discussions, I suspect there’s still more of interest to see.[/QUOTE]
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