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A billon centenionalis of the emperor Constans I, hut type; RIC VIII Siscia 220 Siscia mint symbols Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Siscia, officina 5; 348-350 CE
Size and Weight: 20mm x 22mm, 4.78g
Obverse: D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG
Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.
Reverse: FELTEMPREPA-RATIO
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.
Exergue: ЄSISR•
Provenance: centsles (eBay), February 2010
Ref: RIC VIII Siscia 221
BW Ref: 230 047 154
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