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Constans Rome hut Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, officina 6; 348-350 CE
Size and Weight: 22mm x 23mm, 4.2g
Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.
D N CONSTA - NS P F AVG
Reverse: 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.
FEL•TEMP•REPA - RATIO
Exergue: R * S
Provenance: tacitus10 (eBay), February 2006
Ref: RIC VIII Rome 140; LRBC 601
BW Ref: 066 025 059
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