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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4543361, member: 57495"]Nice snacks. The hut coin reminds me of the ex Doug Constans I picked up from November's AMCC for about the same price. I believe the pics are Doug's. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124783[/ATTACH]<b>CONSTANS</b></p><p>AE2. 3.95g, 21.6mm. Heraclea mint, AD 348-350. RIC VIII Heraclea 7. O: D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding globe. R: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier advancing right, head left, holding spear, leading small figure from hut beneath tree; SMHΔ in exergue.<i> </i></p><p><i>Ex Doug Smith Collection, acquired in 2000 from Pete Burbules</i></p><p>AMCC notes that, "On some examples from Heraclea, including this one, the barbarian emerging from the hut appears to be holding a bow." Others suggest that this may be a pedum and not a bow.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for recent, I won this 'thing' in the last FSR auction. That's literally how it was described in the catalog... THING. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124782[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>BYZANTINE EMPIRE</b></p><p>AE 'Thing' (Anonymous Class F Follis cut into a 12-pointed star). 4.35g, 22.8mm. Constantinople mint, AD 1059-1067. Sear Byzantine 1856. O: Christ seated on throne without back, raising right hand in benediction. R: IS XS / bASILE / bASIL, cross below.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4543361, member: 57495"]Nice snacks. The hut coin reminds me of the ex Doug Constans I picked up from November's AMCC for about the same price. I believe the pics are Doug's. [ATTACH=full]1124783[/ATTACH][B]CONSTANS[/B] AE2. 3.95g, 21.6mm. Heraclea mint, AD 348-350. RIC VIII Heraclea 7. O: D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding globe. R: FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier advancing right, head left, holding spear, leading small figure from hut beneath tree; SMHΔ in exergue.[I] Ex Doug Smith Collection, acquired in 2000 from Pete Burbules[/I] AMCC notes that, "On some examples from Heraclea, including this one, the barbarian emerging from the hut appears to be holding a bow." Others suggest that this may be a pedum and not a bow. As for recent, I won this 'thing' in the last FSR auction. That's literally how it was described in the catalog... THING. [ATTACH=full]1124782[/ATTACH] [B]BYZANTINE EMPIRE[/B] AE 'Thing' (Anonymous Class F Follis cut into a 12-pointed star). 4.35g, 22.8mm. Constantinople mint, AD 1059-1067. Sear Byzantine 1856. O: Christ seated on throne without back, raising right hand in benediction. R: IS XS / bASILE / bASIL, cross below.[/QUOTE]
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