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Interesting Rotated Double Strike

370, Lot: 540. Estimate $100.
Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Magnentius. AD 350-353. Æ (24mm, 4.74 g, 6h). Aquileia mint, uncertain officina. Struck AD 350-351. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right; A behind / GLORIA RO on left upward, GLORIA RO on right downward, Magnentius, holding Victory on globe and labarum, standing left with foot on captive seated left in attitude of mourning, head right; AQ[?]. Cf. RIC VIII 148 for type. VF, rough dark brown patina with touches of green. Rotated double strike on the reverse, which obliterates part of the reverse type and mint mark.


From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.