348-350 AD., Constans, Siscia mint, Centenionalis, RIC 222 var.

Constans, Siscia mint, officina 5, 348-350 AD.,
Æ2 / Centenionalis? (ø 21-23 mm / 3,81 g), bronze, axis medal alignment ↑↑ (ca. 0°), flan crack at 4-5 on the obverse,
Obv.: D N CONSTA - NS P F AVG , diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Constans left, holding globe in right hand - son buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé à gauche, portant un globe.
Rev.: FEL TEMP REPA - RATIO / Є SIS R • , helmeted soldier, advancing right, head left, spear in left hand; with right hand, leading small bare-headed barbarian from hut beneath tree. Spear points upwards, it´s butt between the soldier and the barbarian - soldat debout à gauche, casqué et portant une lance, tirant un jeune barbare hors de sa hutte couverte par un arbre, Є SIS R • à l’exergue.
RIC VIII, p. 365, no. 222 var. (var. B, var. A scarce) ; missing on www.nummus-bible-database.com .

In AD. 342 - under Constans - the Franks were taken over the Rhine and settled in Toxandria (a region between the Meuse and the Scheldt rivers in the Netherlands and Belgium). This was a peaceful act done by negotiations and the Franks had to fight for the Romans.