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| Estimate : | 145 € |
| Price : | 48 € |
| Maximum bid : | 70 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 May 2015 15:39:00 |
| bidders : | 11 bidders |
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 351-352
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Magnence. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG/ A|-.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Magnence à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Magnentius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Magnence Pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES/ VOT/ V/ MVLT/ X// AQS.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout face à face, tenant à deux un bouclier posé sur un cippe sur lequel se trouve une inscription en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : "Victoriae Dominorum Nostri Augusti et Caesari/ Votis quinquennalibus/ Multis decennalibus", (Aux Victoires de nos augustes et de nos césars/ Vœux pour le cinquième anniversaire de règne et plus pour le dixième anniversaire à venir).
Commentary
Portrait massif de Magnence. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum.
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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