Ancient To ID #9 | Constantius II Fel Temp Bronze

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Thomcollects Valued Member United States 240 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 09:41 am Constantine II, looking for confirmation. Also, anyone know what the reverse means? About 19mm Identified - moved to Ancients forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 10:55 am Constantine II coin,i have the same Edited by t0rress 01/21/2011 11:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 10:59 am The Reverse is FEL TEMP REPARATIO (Happy times restored) Report this Post to the Staff
t0rress Pillar of the Community Bulgaria 843 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 11:11 am You can soaked it in olive oil for about 1 day. Then in water for 2 hours. http://metaldetectingworld.com/clea...anical.shtml Edited by t0rress 01/21/2011 11:22 am Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 1:59 pm These are often referred to as 'fallen horsemen' rather than the correct translation that echizento has given. There are many slightly different types but all basically show a Roman soldier or the Emperor killing a falling horseman / soldier. Its an example of an early form propaganda on coins. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 7:18 pm Coins were the Roman form of a newspaper for the Empire. They also had their own form of tear gas. An onion on a spear. (Apologies to Stan Freberg - Blood on my Toga) Edited by sel_69l 01/21/2011 7:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 01/21/2011 9:40 pm Both the coin posted by Thomcollects and the coin posted by t0rress are of Constantius II, not Constantine II - the emperor's name ends in ...TIVS, not ...TINVS. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Thomcollects Valued Member United States 240 Posts	Posted 01/22/2011 8:56 pm Again, thanks for all the help. I love this forum. Report this Post to the Staff
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