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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gsimonel, post: 2605153, member: 82549&quot;]Great OP photo showing the relative sizes. I, too, have always found the FEL TEMP coins interesting. (Hence, the name of my personal web site: feltemp.com). So many interesting types: fallen horseman, phoenix, emperor on galley, emperor leading barbarian, emperor with captives. (On coins from Thessalonica there is only one captive; why is this?) According to RIC there is also an emperor on horseback type, but I&#039;ve never been able to track one down.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/constantius_II/_rome_RIC_VIII_153.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Not my coin; the photo is from Wildwinds.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Constantius II, AE3, Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>DN CONSTAN-TIVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed</p><p>bust left, holding globe, N behind head.</p><p>FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor nimbate and in military dress,</p><p>with shield on left arm, on horseback galloping right,</p><p>thrusting his spear at two barbarians wearing pointed</p><p>Phrygian helmets, who kneel before him with their arms</p><p>raised towards him.</p><p>Mintmark RT</p><p><br /></p><p>RIC VIII Rome 153, rated R2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Helios Numismatik, ebay sale, Feb. 2012.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve often wondered if, taken together, the FEL TEMP coins are intended to tell a single epic story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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