Very Rare Magnentius Argenteus

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 395. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Magnentius. AD 350-353. AR Argenteus (3.24 g, 6h). Lugdunum (Lyon) mint. D N MAGNEN TIVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / FELICITA S PERPETVA, Victory standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling palm frond in left arm; LVG. RIC VIII 120; Lyon 157 = Bastien 173 (this coin referenced in Bastien); RSC 3†a. Good VF, toned, small die break on obverse. Very rare.

From the White Mountain Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 52 (19 June 1975), lot 778: G. de Manteyer Collection (Florange & Ciani, 22 February 1932), lot 309; Etienne Récamier Collection (Bourgey, 2 March 1925), lot 524.