Poor Constantine I coin ID

Help appreciated

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Horrible photo, but I'll take a stab at it ...

Hmmm, I'm gonna say that it's a Fallen Horesman ... mint is ASIS?

NOTE => that probably means that it's a Greek coin with Pegasus mating a minotaur!! ... sadly Makanudo, I don't have a very good batting-average where ID's are concerned

 

Assuming it is Constantine-- and I can't read the legend in your image-- Steve is correct (wow, has that ever been said before? )

For everything you ever wanted to know about distinguishing and cataloging these, go to http://www.catbikes.ch/coinstuff/coins-ric.htm and scroll down to Fel Temp Reparatio (soldier spearing horseman type). Download the spreadsheet. Pick through the minutiae and find your coin.

 

Cha-ching => one in a row!!

 

Constantine I did not issue this type...it looks like the legend is Constantius II

 

THANKS GUYS! Based on this information, I am going to re-attribute all of my coins...

 

good one

 

Rofl

 

Its a bad scan
Sorry
I cannot make whats on that side and afraid of cleaning it

 

It looks more like HSIS than ASIS

 

This is fun ... but I've gotta go out for dinner and a movie ...

=> we're taking the 3-4 year old Godson to Trolls (hopefully it'll be funny ... same dudes that did Shrek, I think?)

... good luck on your final coin ID (cheers, gang)

 

Thanks!

 

You will often find that A looks like H. Those RIC files on catbikes are worth their weight in gold.

 

When a falling horseman reverse coin has a portrait with head decoration (diadem or anything) it will be either Constantius II or Constans. Constans died while the falling horsemen type was still AE2 size so, if your coin is AE3 size (around 18mm) rather than over 21mm it must be Constantius II. Coins with bare heads could be Constantius Gallus or Julian II but yours is clearly with pearl diadem. This is an example of a place where you could have helped by telling us the size of the coin when posting the photo.

 

Thanks Dougsmit,

I appologise for not providing full information. I shall correct myself in the future.
The coin is 19mm in diameter and looks like copper, shiny yellow-reddish.
Here are some hopefully better photos

 

The new photos confirm that it's Constantius II. You can see the IVS at the beginning of the obverse inscription on the right side.

 

Thanks.
On that information I just browsed the wwinds database for Constantinus II , mint in Siscia, and there is no type listed for fallen horseman.

 

I always have trouble keeping those names straight since they vary by only one letter. It's Constantius, not Constantinus.

 

That is a bronze reduced maiorina of Constantius II Augustus (RIC viii, p. 375, no. 350; LRBC II no. 1218), minted in Siscia, AD 353-355.

 

Forgive my rookieness for not paying attention to the letter order.
I have studied the Wwinds and I must agree with Roman Collector and thank him at the same time. I thought It was No.367 first, but thats not right