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A barbarous imitation of a bronze coin of Magnentius with a reverse showing the emperor holding a labarum Coin Type: Bronze barbarous half centenionalis (?) copying a coin of Magnentius, 350-353 CE
Mint and Date: ?
Size and Weight: 13mm x 15mm, 1.2g
Obverse: D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: FELICITAS REIPVBLICE
Emperor standing facing, victory on globe in right hand, labarum in left hand.
Field marks: A in right field.
Exergue: TRP
Ref: None
Provenance: Stephen Critchley, February 2006. Dug by him in Lincolnshire, early 1980s.
BW Ref: 002 028 072
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