Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1080. Estimate $7500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MAGNENTIUS. 350-353 AD. Æ Medallion (19.45 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck January-June 350 AD. IMP CAE MAGN-ENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VIRTVS AVGVSTORVM, Magnentius, in military outfit, standing facing, head right, holding reverted spear in right hand and cradling olive branch in left arm. RIC VIII 411; F. Ntantalia, Bronzemedallions unter Konstantin dem Großen und seinen Söhnen, Serie D1, Gruppe 5 (V89/R83); Gnecchi II pg. 156, 9; Bastien 446; Cohen 79. Near EF, mottled black and brown patina. Very rare. ($5000)

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 744; Numismatica Ars Classica 1 (29-30 March 1989), lot 995; Münzhandlung Basel 1 (28 June 1934), lot 2201.