Roma Numismatics

Auction XXIII  –  24 - 25 March 2022

Roma Numismatics, Auction XXIII

Celtic, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins

Part 1: Th, 24.03.2022, from 2:00 PM CET
Part 2: Fr, 25.03.2022, from 2:00 PM CET
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Description

Magnentius AV Solidus. Treveri, AD 350-353. IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA•AVG•LIB•ROMANOR, Victory standing to right, facing Libertas, draped, standing to left, holding transverse spear, both supporting trophy on shaft with hook between them; TR in exergue. RIC VIII 253 corr. (no palm branch); Depeyrot 8/1 var. (plain shaft). 4.39g, 23mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine; tooled. Extremely Rare.

From the GK Collection.

Victory does not appear to be holding a palm branch on the reverse of this coin, however this is also the case with the only other example of this coin on CoinArchives (Heritage 3094, lot 34258) which is from a different die. This suggests that RIC describes the reverse type as including a palm branch simply because that is typical of the design, rather than because they have evidence from this coin type. Without any plates to back this up we can only speculate.

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Starting price 3'000 GBP
Estimate 5'000 GBP
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