Roman Imperial. Magnentius (351-353 AD) AE Half Centenionalis (2.4g, 20mm, 6h). Aquileia, 3rd officina, 351 AD. Extremely Rare.
Description
Roman Imperial. Magnentius (351-353 AD) AE or Billon Half Centenionalis (2.4g, 20mm, 6h). Aquileia, 3rd officina, 351 AD.
Obverse: MAG MAGNENTIUS AVG. Bare head of Maxentius, draped, right.
Reverse: BEATITVDO PVBLICA. Magnentius in curule chair left, holding sceptre and raising right hand. Exergue mintmark: AQT.
References: RIC VIII (Aquileia, p. 331) 164 ; Bastien MM 353, 355-6; Cohen 1; LRBC II, 917; Sear RCV 18839; Vagi 3299.
Notes: Celebrating his Consulship of 351 (Vagi). An extremely rare coin, very few examples known. None (since 2000) in any major auction indexed by ACSearch. Only a pair of photographed examples discovered in our research, both in comparably rough condition: the Wildwinds example (ex-Hauck & Aufhäuser, auction 20, Lot 583, Oct 2007) and one sold by Marc Breitsprecher on VCoins (n.d.).
