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hyf88hyf88 Posts: 294 ✭✭✭
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Came across this little guy this weekend and have absolutely no clue how to even begin to ID ancients. Could anyone help me ID it? Many thanks in advance!

- Bill

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  • STLNATSSTLNATS Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭
    Constantius II, "fallen horseman" reverse type with legend FEL TEMP REPARATIO or "restoration/return of happy times." Mint of Siscia but cannot see the workshop letter.



    Google the reverse legend and you'll find all kinds of links but here's a discussion of the general type: fel temp



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  • AndresAndres Posts: 977 ✭✭✭
    Bill, I would like to know the weight and diameter of your coin.

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  • hyf88hyf88 Posts: 294 ✭✭✭
    It weighs 2.5g and measures 16mm so I guess it would be the Follis type. Thanks for the help!

    - Bill
  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    It appears that the Officina letter is a delta at the beginning of SIS on the bottom of the reverse. The area that those letters is in is called the "exergue" in case you did not know. So, Siscia Mint, fourth officina.
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  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    Also, there are two Constantius Emperors. Constantius I (Chlorus) was Constantine the Great's father. Constantius II was Great's son. By the time the son came around, most coinage in bronze was pretty standard so FEL TEMP REPARATIO (Good times return) and a bust with an emperor wearing a diadem of pearls (two or three beaded lines around the head) will usually indicate a C II.
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