Vetranio. AD 350. Æ (21.5mm, 6.48 g, 12h). Obverse brockage. Siscia mint. Good VF.

CNG Feature Auction 132
Lot: 870. Estimated: $ 750

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Vetranio. AD 350. Æ (21.5mm, 6.48 g, 12h). Obverse brockage. Siscia mint. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A to left, star to right / Incuse and reverse of obverse. Cf. RIC VIII p. 369 (for emission). Earthen dark brown and green patina, light cleaning scratches. Good VF. A bold brockage.

Following the overthrow and death of Constans early in 350 AD, the usurper Magnentius was prevented from extending his rule any further east than Italy by the elevation of a rival emperor, the elderly general Vetranio, by the army of Illyricum on 1 March. Throughout his brief rule Vetranio steadfastly maintained that he was acting solely in the interests of the ruling dynasty and that he had no personal imperial ambitions. The truth of this claim was ultimately proven by his abdication on 25 December in the presence of the eastern emperor Constantius II after a reign of less than ten months. The ex-emperor then retired from public life and lived out his remaining years on an estate at Prusa in Bithynia granted to him by Constantius. The coinage of Vetranio was all produced at the Balkan mints of Siscia and Thessalonica and substantial issues were made in the name of his eastern 'colleague' Constantius.

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