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Triton XIX Sessions 1 & 2  5 January 2016
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Lot 642

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 32 500 USD
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Decentius. Caesar, AD 350/1-353. AR Heavy Miliarense (24mm, 5.24 g, 6h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck AD 350/1. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery on shoulder / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Decentius, in military attire, standing right, holding spear in right hand and globe in left; TR. Cf. RIC VII 298 (referencing a specimen in the BN at 4.95 g, but with PRINCITI in the rev. legend) = RSC 7; cf. Bastien 38 (same); cf. Gnecchi 3 and pl. 33, 9 (Magnentius; for rev.) = Bastien 37 = Vienna Inv. 35239. Good VF, toned, hairline flan crack, a few light marks, some porosity. Extremely rare as a light miliarense and apparently unknown as a heavy one. Probably struck just after the elevation of Decentius as Caesar.

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