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A holed billon centenionalis of Magnentius with a reverse showing the emperor on a galley Coin Type: Holed Billon centenionalis of Magnentius, 350-353 CE
Mint and Date: Treveri, officina 1, 350-353 CE
Size and Weight: 21mm x 23mm, 4.51g
Obverse: IM CAE MAGN-ENTIVS AVG
Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right. A behind head.
Reverse: FEL TEMP REPARATIO
Emperor in military dress standing left on a galley, holding Victory on a globe, who crowns him with a wreath; and a tall labarum behind him in his left hand. In the stern sits Victory, steering the ship.
Field marks: A in left field.
Exergue: TRP
Ref: RIC VIII Trier 260
Provenance: muglump_the_oozefish (eBay), August 2007
BW Ref: 003 034 115
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