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Constans * Emperor and Victory, Æ2 * 324-350 AD.
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Constans * Emperor and Victory, Bronze.
Obv: DN CONSTANS PF AVG * Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right-facing.
Rev: FEL TEMP REPARATIO - Emperor standing facing on galley, holding phoenix on a globe in right hand, arm little extended from waist, and holding labarum with Chi-Rho in right hand, arm partially-extended and slightly raised; in ship's stern seated Victory is steering the ship.
Exergue: TESB
Mint: Thessalonica
Struck: 348-351 AD.
Size: 19.4 mm.
Weight: 2.54 grams
Die axis: 0°
Condition: Modestly worn but a well centered and forceful strike with good clear images both sides. Very dark olive-green, near-black patina. In all, an attractive coin.
Refs:*
RIC VIII, 120, pg. 412
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