Constans GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS (Stumped)

[John the Chess Guy]

Hi Everyone:

This Constans AE4 (a little over 15mm) has me stumped.
It appears to be mis-struck. The obverse legend seems to
be CONST-ANS AVG, but I don't know what is going on in the
lower left hand corner - appears to be more lettering but may
just be a visual trick on my old, tired eyes...

The reverse legend is GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, 2 soldiers, 1 standard.

And then there is the exergue. Can the mint be determined?
Is it Alexandria? Another mint? Cannot be determined?

Any help anyone can give me would be most appreciated. I couldn't
find anything even close in the normal references. I suspect that I am
missing something simple on this one.

John

[Jeremy W]

I don't know about the mint but the coin seems to be double struck or was struck on a previously struck flan.

Jeremy


Added:  Not that what looks like a mint mark is really ITVS of the double strike.  I don't see any letters of a mint.

[John the Chess Guy]

I don't know about the mint but the coin seems to be double struck or was struck on a previously struck flan.

Jeremy


Added:  Not that what looks like a mint mark is really ITVS of the double strike.  I don't see any letters of a mint.

Thanks, Jeremy. The one thing I did not do is rotate the reverse in order to see that that which is located in the exergue is instead doubling of the legend. That helps me out a lot.

I still wonder what happened on the obverse though. If one were describing this coin, would it be appropriate to say, "mis-struck on obverse, double-struck on reverse?" or how would one go about describing it?

John

[curtislclay]

I'd say doublestruck on both sides, with considerable rotation of the flan between the two strikes.

The ONST below the bust is from CONST of the first strike.  From the second strike only NST survive of the same letters, at 9-10 o'cl.  Note the two pearls at the ends of the wreath ties surviving from both strikes, one almost hitting the second upright of the N, the second some distance below the first upright of that letter.  Just above the T from the first strike a bit of the back of the emperor's head with lines indicating his hair can also be seen.

[John the Chess Guy]

Thank you, Curtis. That all makes perfect sense to me now, and I appreciate the knowledge I have gained today!

John