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A billon centenionalis of the emperor Constans I, hut type; RIC VIII Thessalonica 118 Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Thessalonica , officina 4; 348-350 CE
Size and Weight: 20mm x 21mm, 4.84g
Obverse: D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPAR-ATIO
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 and to the left.
Exergue: TESΔ
Provenance: dha1851 (eBay), August 2006
Ref: RIC VIII Thessalonica 118; LRBC 1636
BW Ref: 126 024 085
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Note: This coin arrived covered in rather muddy brown paint apparently designed to make it appear to have a good patina; click here to see it. Cleaning with white spirit and brush revealed that the coin had been stripped almost completely to the metal before painting. Some greenish deposits had apparently been painted over. I have also received other coins in this state; see here and here.
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