Ferrando Plate Coin

456, Lot: 520. Estimate $300. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Decentius. Caesar, AD 350/1-353. Æ Cententionalis (22mm, 4.53 g, 6h). Arelate (Arles) mint, 2nd officina. 5th phase, AD 351-352. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right; A to left / Two Victories standing facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT/V/MVL/X in four lines; I/SAR. RIC VIII 172; Bastien 262; Ferrando 1315 (the reverse of this coin illustrated); LRBC 440. Brown patina. EF. Wonderful portrait.

Ex CNG Inventory 812862 (June 2008).