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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3144648, member: 19463"]I believe the coin has an M in the reverse field which means it is a smaller, later version. Frequently these M's are not perfectly formed and can be seen as N on poor specimens. By that time only Constantius II was Augustus so any small Falling Horseman that shows even a trace of head decoration does not need legend to attribute to Constantius II. If the portrait has a bare head, it could be Julian II Caesar but I believe I see ties behind the head. If you can not see the ties, you can not assume they were never there and wore away so the coin is not identifiable. If you want to clean a bit more to make this more certain, it would not hurt the coin. You will need some legend for a full ID to include the mint. </p><p>Constantius II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]804417[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julian II</p><p>[ATTACH=full]804421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3144648, member: 19463"]I believe the coin has an M in the reverse field which means it is a smaller, later version. Frequently these M's are not perfectly formed and can be seen as N on poor specimens. By that time only Constantius II was Augustus so any small Falling Horseman that shows even a trace of head decoration does not need legend to attribute to Constantius II. If the portrait has a bare head, it could be Julian II Caesar but I believe I see ties behind the head. If you can not see the ties, you can not assume they were never there and wore away so the coin is not identifiable. If you want to clean a bit more to make this more certain, it would not hurt the coin. You will need some legend for a full ID to include the mint. Constantius II [ATTACH=full]804417[/ATTACH] Julian II [ATTACH=full]804421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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