Lot 437 - Auction Gemini XII

Nepotian.  -  351 AD. ...
Nepotian.  -  351 AD. ...
Nepotian. - 351 AD. Centenionalis, 5.40g (6h). Rome. Obv: FL NEP CONST - ANTINVS AVG Bust laureate, draped right, seen from front. Rx: ... Read more
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Nepotian. - 351 AD. Centenionalis, 5.40g (6h). Rome. Obv: FL NEP CONST - ANTINVS AVG Bust laureate, draped right, seen from front. Rx: VRBS - ROMA around, R E in exergue, Roma seated left above shield, holding Victory on globe and spear. Bust var. of RIC 203 (R3), officina E=5. Bastien, Magnence, p. 208. Cohen 4 (160 Fr.). On this coin Magnentius usually wears a diadem composed of rosettes alternating with pairs of laurel leaves. Our coin, however, shows him wearing a laurel wreath only, with a single rosette or medallion at the top of the wreath. Somewhat corroded, otherwise VF
Notes
The usurpation of Nepotian at Rome against Magnentius lasted only thirty days, apparently in c. May-June 351 AD, not 350 as traditionally stated. The obverse legend on our coin stresses Nepotian's descent from the family of Constantine the Great: he was the son of Constantine's sister Eutropia
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