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Help Identify Ancient Coin 4 (Id: Roman, Likely Constans Or Constantius II)

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please help identify

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The obverse legend appears too badly corroded to read, and I can never tell late Roman emperors apart just by the portrait - they all look alike to me. I can't read the mintmark on the reverse, either.

The reverse type, however, does look like a "two soldiers holding a standard between them" type, similar to this one of Constans.
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Thanks, although it does look like a woman to me. Also the inscription is readable but tiny, and I cant quite read it, and it wont photograph. will try scanning. Thanks again.
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here is a scanned picture, hopefully someone can identify it.

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I can read DNCONS... on the obverse, so it's got to be either Constans or Constantius II. Still can't read the mintmark, though.

Here's a better match for Constans.

Here's a similar type of Constantius II.
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