Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXIII 24-25 Mar 2022
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Vetranio AR Siliqua. Siscia, AD 350. D N VETRANIO P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy; SIS in exergue. RIC VIII 267; RSC 9b. 3.15g, 20mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the David Miller Collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 92, 24 May 2016, lot 2479;
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 311, 22 October 2008, lot 609 (hammer: CHF 5,500);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 23, 19 March 2002, lot 1696.
After the murder of Constans by the usurper Magnentius, Constans' sister Constantina asked the aged Vetrianio to become emperor. Vetranio soon allied himself to the cause of Magnentius, but by the end of the year AD 350 he begged the clemency of Constantius II and was pardoned and dismissed by the emperor to live out the remainder of his years as a private citizen.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
From the David Miller Collection, collector's ticket included;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 92, 24 May 2016, lot 2479;
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 311, 22 October 2008, lot 609 (hammer: CHF 5,500);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 23, 19 March 2002, lot 1696.
After the murder of Constans by the usurper Magnentius, Constans' sister Constantina asked the aged Vetrianio to become emperor. Vetranio soon allied himself to the cause of Magnentius, but by the end of the year AD 350 he begged the clemency of Constantius II and was pardoned and dismissed by the emperor to live out the remainder of his years as a private citizen.