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Constans Antioch hut Coin Type: Billon centenionalis of Constans, Caesar 333-337 CE, Augustus 337-350 CE
Mint and Date: Antioch, officina 6; 348-350 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm x 22mm, 5.29g
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
Exergue: ANS
Provenance: lockdales-of-ipswich (eBay), April 2008
Ref: RIC VIII Antioch 126; LRBC 2615
BW Ref: 197 037 125
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