Unusually Heavy Specimen

217, Lot: 434. Estimate $500. Sold for $1175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Vetranio. AD 350. Æ Centenionalis (25mm, 9.84 g, 6h). Siscia mint, 1st officina. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A behind / HOC SIG-NO VICTOR ERIS, emperor standing left, holding labarum and spear, being crowned with wreath by Victory standing left; A//ASIS*. RIC VIII 279; LRBC 1166. EF, glossy dark olive-green patina, light smoothing. A very heavy example.