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A billon centenionalis of the emperor Constans I, hut type; RIC VIII Antioch 128 Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Antioch, officina 4; 348-350 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm, 5.99g (unusually heavy)
Obverse: D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left, globe in right hand.
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPA-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.
Field Marks: Star in upper left field
Exergue: ANΔ
Provenance: antiquarica (eBay); April 2005
Ref: RIC VIII Antioch 128; LRBC 2615
BW Ref: 047 025 060
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