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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1841263, member: 42773&quot;]I seem to be collecting some sort of mint set of these. In a thread Martin posted last week, Doug challenged us to come up with a mint set of two-soldiers/two-standards folles of Constans. I took that challenge personally, since I already own four from different mints, and added two more. Here’s one, and I’ll post the other later today as I have the time. I also picked up a scarcer Lugdunum mint coin of Constantine II which I’ll add to the thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>This isn’t a lovely coin, but RIC rates it R5, and that may hold true for the market at large. I haven’t seen another example from Nicomedia. There is another variety with the obverse legend FL IVL CONSTANTIS NOB C which I’m trying to hunt down. The left-facing busts are also far less utilized on the issues as a whole.</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve been posting a lot of these lately, so there&#039;s no need to add yours, unless you have a burning desire!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Constans, 337-350</p><p>AE3, 17mm, 2g; Nicomedia mint: 330-335</p><p>Obv.: FL CONSTANS NOB CAES; Laureate, draped, cuirassed bust left.</p><p>Rev.:&nbsp; GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS; Two soldiers, helmeted, standing looking at one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shield resting on ground; between them, two standards // SMNS</p><p>Reference: RIC VII Nicomedia 193 (p. 634) R5</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s27.postimg.org/b1idz6btv/constans700.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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