Details
LOT 3594
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. Struck circa AD 351-353. Following possibly Lugdunum mint.
[...]IVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A to left / VICT DD [...], two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; mintmark in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151; SCBC 750. Good Very Fine.(3.39gr, 16mm, 11h.).
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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LOT 3594
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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