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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 2835902, member: 88829&quot;]Barbarians on parade.</p><p>All three of these coins were issued in the name of Constans. (click to enlarge)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]669552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin on the left is from the first series of the second group at Heraclea, distinguished by the lack of an officina letter (RIC VIII Heraclea 64).&nbsp; All such are rare.&nbsp; Although it looks in this pic like the barbarian is sporting a Daniel Boone style cap, it is on close inspection a generous crop of hair in the style of Beethoven.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Coin in the middle is from the second group first series of Thessalonika, first officina (RIC VIII Thessalonika 118).&nbsp; The barbarian sports what resembles a cossak hat, though it is not unlike the tresses of Heraclea but smoother.&nbsp; Here the spear of the soldier points between the two figures, not the legs of the soldier.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin on the right is from the third group at Nicomedia, second officina of three assigned to it (RIC VIII Nicomedia 70).&nbsp; Here the hair of the barbarian is more closely cropped with segmenting that makes it look like an aviator cap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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