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v61_0263 - MAGNENTIUS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)

MAGNENTIUS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2) MS
MONNAIES 61 (2014)
Starting price : 500.00 €
Estimate : 900.00 €
Realised price : 500.00 €
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: février - mai
Date: 350
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,56 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire parfaitement centré. Portrait de toute beauté et d’une grande finesse dans le drapé, bien venu à la frappe. Revers inhabituel, rare et recherché dans un état de conservation exceptionnel ! Jolie patine vert foncé lissée
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Obverse


Obverse legend : IMP CAE MAGN-ENTIVS AVG.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Magnence à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse translation : “Imperator Cæsar Magnentius Augustus”, (L'empereur césar Magnence auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORIA. AVG. LIB. ROMANOR// -|-// RP.
Reverse description : La Victoire dans le champ à droite, tournée à droite et la Liberté dans le champ à droite, tournée à gauche, tenant un trophée.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Augustorum Liberator Romanorum" (La Victoire des augustes, libérateurs des Romains).

Commentary


Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. Type rare avec le revers pointé à différencier du Bastien 435, non pointé. Monnaie fabuleuse, probablement le plus bel exemplaire connu à ce type particulier.
Thin pteryges under the paludamentum. Rare type with the pointed reverse to differentiate from Bastien 435, which is not pointed. Fabulous coin, probably the finest known example of this particular type.

Historical background


MAGNENTIUS

(01/18/350-08/10/353)

Magnentius was proclaimed on January 18, 350 thanks to his speed and significant diplomatic activity which allowed him to seize Brittany, Gaul, Italy and part of the Balkans. However, he failed to gain recognition from Constantius II. Magnentius suffered a severe defeat at Mursa in September 351. Forced to retreat, he lost Italy the following year before seeing Gaul invaded by the generals of Constance. Beaten at Mount Seleucus near Gap, he committed suicide in Lyon on August 10, 353.

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