Details
LOT 3447
Magentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories facing each other, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X written in four lines; AMB(star) in exergue. RIC VIII 14. Good Very Fine.(4.55gr, 23mm, 7h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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