Unusual Modification

307, Lot: 342. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Jovian. AD 363-364. Æ Maiorina (26mm, 3.84 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint, 3rd officina. DN IOVIANV S P F P P AVG, [laurel and rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right] / VICTORIA ROMANORVM, [emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on a globe;] TESΓ. RIC VIII 234; LRBC 1698. VF, green patina, central portion of cut out in antiquity. Unusual.

An unusual piece, perhaps modified in antiquity to be used as a ring.