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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3616753, member: 19463&quot;]There was a time I intended to get a set of these by mint and emperor but interest waned and I started selling off the ones I found less appealing.&nbsp; My page on the FTR coins was written in 2000 which was when I was photographing the Failmezger book plates and trying to convince myself that there was a place for me in the fourth century.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: #4d4dff"><b>Part 3 - The Barbarian and the Hut</b></span></font></p><p><span style="color: #4d4dff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d4dff"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/hutgrp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d4dff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d4dff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #4d4dff">The middle denomination of the FEL TEMP REPARATIO group was distinguished by the use of left facing bust portraits holding a globe in the hand. These AE2 coins were only slightly smaller than the largest denomination but contained less silver in the alloy and were probably valued at half the large Galley and Falling Horseman coins they accompanied. The reverse scene shows a soldier leading a small barbarian from a hut located under a &#039;tree&#039;. The interesting point on these coins is that they were issued by 13 different mints and each used a different type tree (branch, shrub or plant). Perhaps botanists will be able to identify the species intended. Coins without mintmarks can be placed by the style of the tree and hut. The type was used more commonly for Constans but Constantius II versions also exist. Our illustration above shows an obverse of Constans (far left) and Constantius II (second coin) followed by reverses from six different mints. Like the Falling Horsemen, these coins often show field letters or stars that distinguish issues but, like the Galley type, the Huts were discontinued on the death of Constans so the variation in sizes is much more limited than with the Falling Horseman series.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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