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Auction 11  12 January 2014
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Lot 551

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 400 USD
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Magnentius. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.81g (7h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: [D N MAG]NEN - TIVS P F AVG Bare-headed, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from front, A behind portrait. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG (AV ligate) ET CAE around, in exergue AMB preceded by star and followed by pellet within crescent, Two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT / V / MVLT / X, wreath has ties at bottom but does not rest on column, above wreath Chi-Rho. Rev. legend variant (AV ligate) of Bastien 133 (3 spec.) and RIC 31 (S). Apparently the first attested ligature on a coin of Magnentius' reign: none seem to be mentioned by Bastien or RIC. Mint State

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