Details
LOT 3450
Decentius, as Caesar AE Centenionalis AD 350/1-353.
Contemporary imitation of Lugdunum/Ambianum mint. D N DECENTIVS NOB CIIES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIIIE DD NN HVG E CIIE, two Victories standing facing each other, between them holding a shield resting on a short column, inscribed VOT V MVLT + in four lines; S V across lower central field, (palm)HMB(palm) in exergue. Bastien pl. 17, 32/3; Cohen-; RIC -; LRBC -. Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.(2.80gr, 21mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Footnotes
This interesting ancient imitative piece combines both the mintmark of the mint at Ambianum, and the reverse field letters S-V which are only found on issues of Lugdunum.
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