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Auction 36  22 February 2017
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Lot 120

Estimate: 1500 USD
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Flavius Victor. A.D. 377-378. AR siliqua. 1.08 gm. 15 mm. Milan Mint (Mediolanum). His bust right, with pearl diadem, draped and cuirassed; DN FL VIC–TOR PF AVG / Roma seated on a throne, body facing, head left, holding a globe and a reversed spear; VIRTVS RO–MANORVM around; MDPS in exergue. RIC 19b (RR). RSC 6Ac. Near Extremely Fine; toned; traces of iridescence on fresh surfaces; well centered and pleasing style. Very Rare.

The son of Magnus Maximus, he was probably a child when his father usurped the western throne. When Maximus invaded Italy he appears to have been left behind in Gaul for safety. Following his father's downfall, he was taken prisoner and put to death by Theodosius' Frankish general, Arbogastes. (Information from David R. Sear, Roman Coins and their Values V, page 424.)

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