This is another coin not listed in
RIC, but not deserving of a new number, because only the
officina is new.
It is interesting in that it has clear and distinct casting sprues. The flans of hut coins from
Antioch appear to have been made in at least two ways, maybe four ways. Some show sprues, like this; some have a piece out of one edge, possibly where broken from a mother
cast; some have the appearance of being roughly cut with shears. Yet others are perfectly shaped. That's quite a variety of techniques for a period of only two to three years (348-350 CE).
Billon centenionalis of
Constans.
Antioch,
officina 5. 20mm x 21mm, 4.21g
Obverse: D N CONSTA-NS
P F AVG. Pearl-diademed, draped,
cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.
Reverse:
FEL TEMP REPA-RATIO. Helmeted soldier, spear in left hand, advancing right,
head left; with
his right hand he leads a small bare-headed figure from a hut beneath a tree. The spear points downwards, between the soldier's legs.
Exergue: ANЄ
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