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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 4760895, member: 99554&quot;][ATTACH=full]1161137[/ATTACH] </p><p>Capitoline Museum Rome</p><p><br /></p><p>When Magnence took power in Autun in January 350 AD, he drove out then had Constant I killed and became the only emperor in the prefecture of Gaul and in Italy. In 351 he appointed his brother or cousin Magnus Decentius, Caesar, with the mission of defending the Rhine limes. In 352 Magnus <b>Decentius</b> was made consul with Magnentius.</p><p>Then in 353, Magnus <b>Decentius</b> failed to contain an invasion of the Franks who, at the request of Constance II, attacked the Rhine files to divide the army of the two usurpers. Defeated at the battle of Mons Seleucus , he went to Treveri, but he was refused access. He then took refuge in Sens and, learning of the defeat and suicide of his brother in Lugdunum (Lyon), hanged himself on <span style="color: #ff0000"><b>August 18.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>The workshops which minted coins for Magnentius and <b>Decentius</b> are Amiens (created by him),Arles, Aquileia, Lyon, Rome, Treveri and Siscia during the period from August to September 351 AD. This is my only specimen of this usurper. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161138[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES (Victori Dominorum Nostrorum Augusti et Caesari) meaning <i>For the Victories of our Auguste and Caesar,</i> was used by the 2 men. The two Victories are holding a wreath inscribed VOT V / MVLT X (Votis Quinquennalibus Multis Decennalibus )- <i>vows (prayers) on the fifth anniversary [of the emperors rule], more for his [hoped for] tenth anniversary.</i> This type was struck at all mints in Gaul and Italy, and since all major varieties are present at Rome and Aquileia, we may conclude that the type had ceased to be produce by September 352 AD, by which date Constantius had reoccupied Italy. There are three main variants of the general type, the order of which is established by certainty by internal criteria at each mint : </p><p><br /></p><p>1)the vota wreath and the shield are supported on a column.</p><p><br /></p><p>2)there is no column.</p><p><br /></p><p>3)the vota wreath is surmounted by a Chistogram.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So on the day he died over 16 centuries ago, please show us your coins of this &quot;rarely remembered&quot; emperor : <b>Decentius</b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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