Constantius II BI 18mm. Arelate, AD 353-355. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier, shield on arm, spearing falling horseman turning to face soldier and holding up arm; PCON in exergue. RIC VIII 222. 2.58g, 18mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From a private English collection;
Ex Augustus Brown (Ken Elks), Fixed Price List 2171, February 1971 (sold as part of a group of 8);
Originally catalogued by Ken Elks as being from the "Newmarket Hoard" however now believed to be Ex Freckenham Hoard, 1948 (a hoard of 525 late Roman bronze coins of Constans, Constantius II, Magnentius, Decentius and Constantius Gallus, some of which were barbarous examples - cf. H. Mattingly, 'The Freckenham Hoard of Roman Coins' in NC Vol. 13, No. 43 (1953) pp. 69-73).