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Constans Constantinople hut Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Constantinople, officina 5; 348-351 CE
Size and Weight: 19mm x 22mm, 3.4g
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
Field Marks: Γ in upper l. field
Exergue: CONSS*
Provenance: ancient_treasures (eBay), March 2007.
Ref: RIC VIII Constantinople 92; LRBC 2017
BW Ref: 157 031 107
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