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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;otlichnik, post: 5341427, member: 109731&quot;]These coins all look fine.&nbsp; The only fake FTR Galley I have ever seen was one of a series of fake FTR and camp gate types which have extremely smooth and flat fields and are very round.&nbsp; Easy to tell when you have a real one in had.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The barbarous imitation is fabulous.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are indeed two separate denominations that use this reverse.&nbsp; The largest and smallest of the three introduced in 348.&nbsp; The large one averages 5.2-5.3 grams (though with a lot of variation) and has a pearl ring diameter of 21-22 mm; the smaller averages 2.4-2.5 grams with a PRD of 17-17.5 mm.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was Kraft, in 1958, who first proposed that the type represented Constans&#039; crossing of the channel to Britain.&nbsp; The crossing was done in the winter of 342-343, likely in early 343, in order to repel a Pictish invasion.&nbsp; While crossing the channel was nothing special in those days, crossing in winter was, especially with an entire army.</p><p><br /></p><p>SC</p><p><br /></p><p>PS, as a Canadian I can&#039;t look at this type without thinking &quot;don&#039;t stand-up in the canoe!&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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