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Constans Thessalonica hut Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Thessalonica, officina 2; 348-350 CE
Size and Weight: 19.9mm x 21.4mm, 3.6g
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 and to the left.
FEL TEMP REPAR - ATIO
Exergue: TESB
Provenance: del550 (eBay), December 2006
Ref: RIC VIII Thessalonica 118; LRBC 1636
BW Ref: 150 030 098
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