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A billon centenionalis of the emperor Constantius II, hut type; RIC VIII Thessalonica 117 Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constantius II, Caesar 324-337 CE, Augustus 337-361 CE
Mint and Date: Thessalonica, officina 5; 348-350 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm x 22mm, 3.8g
Obverse: D N CONSTAN-TIVS 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: Beast Coins (Vcoins), November 2006. Ex Vel Garnett collection.
Ref: RIC VIII Thessalonica 117; LRBC 1635
BW Ref: 048 029 095
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