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Back to previous pageRomano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
MAGNEN[...] AVGVTV(sic), bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]REIPVIC(sic), emperor standing to left, holding Victory on globe and labarum, A in right field; TR(?)P in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 262. 5.37gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
PROVENANCE:
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
FOOTNOTES:
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
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