Description: Magnentius (350 - 353 AD). AE Double Maiorina reduced, Lugdunum mint 353 AD. DN MAGNENTIVS P F AVG; bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES; large Chi-Rho, A - W in fields, S in left lower, star in right upper field, FPLG in ex.

Diameter: AE22 mm

Weight: 4,96 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: RIC 174; LRBC 247 B (Magnence224 pl VII (3 ex.))

Commentary: rare; dark olive-grey patina, minor breaks, some deposits, great reverse

History: In the decisive Battle of Mursa Major Magnentius led his forces personally on the battlefield, wheras Constantius II prayed the whole day in the nearby chapel.

Article Number: 057-07-07-42384