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<p>[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 2667011, member: 13719"]Just one of Constans and Gallus ><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was really happy to find this one. Despite the patina on the reverse, it's a pretty decent coin. Not easy to find either. I like the cartoony expression of the horse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]592950[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constans</p><p>AE2 Lyons</p><p>DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right/ FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier standing left, spearing fallen horseman, wearing Phrygian helmet, kneeling. PLG in ex.</p><p>Lyons 80, Scare</p><p><br /></p><p>A decent Rome issue of Constantius Gallus, rated rare in RIC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]592951[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantius Gallus</p><p>Rome</p><p>4,79 gm., 23 mm</p><p>DN FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right,Delta behind / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO soldier standing left, spearing a fallen horseman wearing a Phrygian helmet, clutching. Gamma left, R wreath epsilon in ex.</p><p>Rome 261 Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>And another Hut coin. An unlisted variant,</p><p>[ATTACH=full]592952[/ATTACH]</p><p>Constantius II</p><p>Billon centenionalis</p><p>Siscia, officina 3; 348-350 CE</p><p>22mm x 23mm, 4.74g</p><p>D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.</p><p>Reverse: FEL•TEMP•REPA-RATIO</p><p>Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points upwards and to the right.</p><p>Exergue: ΓSISR•</p><p><br /></p><p>Ref: RIC VIII, similar to Siscia 221 but (a) different emperor; (b) the officina is unlisted and (c) this spear position is not listed for any mintmark ending in a dot.</p><p>BW Ref: 073 040 137</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Moonmoth <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/constantius_ii_073.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/constantius_ii_073.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/constantius_ii_073.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share any non-Constantius II fallen horseman or FTR Huts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="randygeki, post: 2667011, member: 13719"]Just one of Constans and Gallus >:) I was really happy to find this one. Despite the patina on the reverse, it's a pretty decent coin. Not easy to find either. I like the cartoony expression of the horse. [ATTACH=full]592950[/ATTACH] Constans AE2 Lyons DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right/ FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier standing left, spearing fallen horseman, wearing Phrygian helmet, kneeling. PLG in ex. Lyons 80, Scare A decent Rome issue of Constantius Gallus, rated rare in RIC. [ATTACH=full]592951[/ATTACH] Constantius Gallus Rome 4,79 gm., 23 mm DN FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right,Delta behind / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO soldier standing left, spearing a fallen horseman wearing a Phrygian helmet, clutching. Gamma left, R wreath epsilon in ex. Rome 261 Rare And another Hut coin. An unlisted variant, [ATTACH=full]592952[/ATTACH] Constantius II Billon centenionalis Siscia, officina 3; 348-350 CE 22mm x 23mm, 4.74g D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand. Reverse: FEL•TEMP•REPA-RATIO Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right, head left; with his right hand he leads a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points upwards and to the right. Exergue: ΓSISR• Ref: RIC VIII, similar to Siscia 221 but (a) different emperor; (b) the officina is unlisted and (c) this spear position is not listed for any mintmark ending in a dot. BW Ref: 073 040 137 Ex Moonmoth [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/coins/constantius_ii_073.html[/url] Feel free to share any non-Constantius II fallen horseman or FTR Huts.[/QUOTE]
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