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E-Auction 34  5 Feb 2020
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Lot 51

Estimate: 1250 USD
Price realized: 1200 USD
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Flavius Victor. A.D. 387-388. AR siliqua. 1.08 gm. 15 mm. Milan (Mediolanum) mint. His pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; DN FL VIC–TOR PF AVG / Roma seated facing on throne, head left, holding globe and reversed spear; VIRTVS RO–MANORVM around; MDPS in exergue. RIC 19b (RR). RSC 6Ac. Near Extremely Fine; bold portrait, well centered and of pleasing style; fresh surfaces with beautiful iridescent toning. Very rare.

Flavius Victor, the son of Magnus Maximus, 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. (David R. Sear, Roman Coins and their Values V, page 424.)

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