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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: 21mm x 22mm, 4.8g
Obverse: Laurel and rosette diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand. N behind bust.
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 REPARAT - I - O
Field marks: N in far r. field
Exergue: R S
Provenance: solihullsales (eBay), April 2006
Ref: RIC VIII Rome 159; LRBC 596
BW Ref: 084 026 076
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