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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3158785, member: 19463&quot;]At risk of confirming my position as the crazy old man of CT, I propose this die started out to be a Constantius II but was converted to a Gallus for a reason we will never know.&nbsp; There is a ridge in the hair not usual for Gallus that could have been recut from the start of a diadem.&nbsp; The lack of FLCL is appropriate but that would suggest the lettering was begun before the decision to change was made and there is no evidence of erasures on the NOB CAES.&nbsp;&nbsp; The placement of the letters does not suggest it was changed from a split Constantius II legend so I do not believe the lettering had been started before the change was made. The face structure could be either man.&nbsp;&nbsp; Can you show Gallus portraits with hair styled in three bands as on this coin?&nbsp;&nbsp; Could this have been the first Gallus die and the cutter did not know the Caesar&nbsp; was to be bare headed?&nbsp; Earlier Caesars under Constantine had head gear.&nbsp; Could the die have been started as a Constans but put aside when he died?&nbsp; How do you describe the soldier&#039;s shield?&nbsp; It is a fascinating coin which I would have snapped up in a heartbeat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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