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Auction 11  12 January 2014
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Lot 563

Estimate: 600 USD
Price realized: 650 USD
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Decentius as Caesar. 350-353 AD. AE 2, 4.52g (6h). Ambianum, 352 AD. Obv: D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES Bare-headed, cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Rx: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE around, in exergue AMB 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 short column, Chi-Rho above wreath. Bastien 128 (projected only, no spec. found). RIC 26 (R, citing BM, probably in error). Our coin is apparently the first known of this variety for Decentius at Ambianum, confirming the hypothesis of Bastien 128 and Late Roman Bronze Coinage 16 that such a coin should exist. Mint State



Since this type and mintmark are definitely known for Magnentius, they could be expected to occur for Decentius also. RIC 26 cites such a coin of Decentius from the British Museum, but probably in error, since Bastien 128 projects the type only, and could find no actual specimen anywhere
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