Unknown Roman coin [solved]

Hi all

I recently came across the coin, it was found on an island in Lake Aswan in 1905 so the provenance is good. Does anyone know which ruler it may be?:

Hello,
It's a FEL TEMP REPARATIO type (the reverse is upside down).
Fortunately there is a X in the left field on the reverse side so we can say it was minted at Constantinopolis between 351 et 355 AD.

There are only two references who can match here : one with the caesar Constantius Gallus and the other one with the emperor Constantius II.
Regarding the bust, it's an emperor (it wears a diadem) ; Constantius II.

Observe : DN CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG
Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Reverse : FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO
Soldier spearing fallen horseman ; horseman bare-headed, bearded, reaching backwards. X in left field, dot in centre.
Mintmark : CONS (following by the letter of the officina)

Reference : RIC VIII #123 (Constantinople)
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces105883.html

Quote: "Cycnos"​Hello,
​It's a FEL TEMP REPARATIO type (the reverse is upside down).
​Fortunately there is a X in the left field on the reverse side so we can say it was minted at Constantinopolis between 351 et 355 AD.
​
​There are only two references who can match here : one with the caesar Constantius Gallus and the other one with the emperor Constantius II.
​Regarding the bust, it's an emperor (it wears a diadem) ; Constantius II.
​
​Observe : DN CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG
​Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
​Reverse : FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO
​Soldier spearing fallen horseman ; horseman bare-headed, bearded, reaching backwards. X in left field, dot in centre.
​Mintmark : CONS (following by the letter of the officina)
​
​Reference : RIC VIII #123 (Constantinople)
​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces105883.html

​Thank you so much for your help, so it was circulated in Egypt too?. It was excavated by British archaeologists in 1905.

I actually have this Constantius II coin in my collection:


https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=2106&lot=382

The provenance also goes back to the 1900s like the previous coin, this particular coin is Ex Dattari apparently.

Egypt was part of the roman empire at that time. Coins were minted at differences places but could circulate everywhere in the Empire : we can compare that to the euros for exemple .

You can find nummus minted at Constantinopolis in hoards from Great Britain for example : it's not that commun, but that can happen sometimes.

If they both came from the same hoard in Egypt, we can conclude those particular coins circulated from their mint to Egypt until they were lost.

By the way, regarding the second coin, it's indeed a RIC #347 minted in the first officina of Siscia ; that reference is correct, but they pick the wrong ruler...

The legend for that one is "D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C" :
> Dominus Noster Constantius Iunior Nobilissimus Caesar
> (Under) our lord Constantius the younger, most noble caesar.
> Constantius Gallus

Morever, the emperor wasn't represented bare-headed at this period, so it could be only a caesar here.

Quote: "Cycnos"​Egypt was part of the roman empire at that time. Coins were minted at differences places but could circulate everywhere in the Empire : we can compare that to the euros for exemple .
​
​You can find nummus minted at Constantinopolis in hoards from Great Britain for example : it's not that commun, but that can happen sometimes.
​
​If they both came from the same hoard in Egypt, we can conclude those particular coins circulated from their mint to Egypt until they were lost.
​
​By the way, regarding the second coin, it's indeed a RIC #347 minted in the first officina of Siscia ; that reference is correct, but they pick the wrong ruler...
​
​The legend for that one is "D N CONSTANTIVS IVN NOB C" :
​> Dominus Noster Constantius Iunior Nobilissimus Caesar
​> (Under) our lord Constantius the younger, most noble caesar.
​> Constantius Gallus
​
​Morever, the emperor wasn't represented bare-headed at this period, so it could be only a caesar here.

​Thank you so much for your help

I checked the catalogue which Dattari published in 1901, there is a Constantius I coin in there. Perhaps it could be the same coin?.