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CNG 103, Lot: 775. Estimate $200.
Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Magnentius and Decentius. AD 350-353. Lot of two (2) bronzes. Includes: (a) Magnentius. AD 350-353. Æ (21mm, 5.05 g, 12h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 351. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A to left / Two Victories standing facing one another, holding wreath inscribed VOT/V/MVLT/X in four lines; (star)/SV//RPLG. RIC VIII 133; Bastien 186; Lyon 169 // (b) Decentius. Caesar, AD 350/1-353. Æ (21mm, 4.06 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 351. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / Two Victories standing facing one another, holding wreath inscribed VOT/V/MVLT/X in four lines; SV//RSLG•. RIC VIII 129; Bastien 179; Lyon 164. Both EF, dark brown patinas, the Decentius with some minor roughness. LOT SOLD AS IS, NO RETURNS. Two (2) coins in lot.


From the Korwin Collection. Coin a: Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (9 October 2006), lot 2463; Coin b: Ex UBS 67 (6 September 2006), lot 5609.