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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Harry G, post: 7617393, member: 105282&quot;]Hi all! I recently posted about buying a nice coin of Magnentius from eBay, with the pictures being very poor quality. However, upon closer inspection of the coin, it appears to be a very rare follis of Magnentius&#039; brother, Decentius. I&#039;ve tracked down one other example, which was sold for $650USD by Gemimi Auctions in 2014 <a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=608&amp;lot=563" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&amp;sid=608&amp;lot=563" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this coin was expensive because it proved a hypothesis that Decentius had coins minted in Ambianum. Quoting Numisbids:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;<i>Our coin is apparently the first known of this variety for Decentius at Ambianum, confirming the hypothesis of Bastien 128 and Late Roman Bronze Coinage 16 that such a coin should exist. Mint State</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Since this type and mintmark are definitely known for Magnentius, they could be expected to occur for Decentius also. RIC 26 cites such a coin of Decentius from the British Museum, but probably in error, since Bastien 128 projects the type only, and could find no actual specimen anywhere</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It also appears the two coins share an obverse die, although the reverses differ slightly (looking particularly on the ties of the wreath). My coin also has a slight die break on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311034[/ATTACH] </p><p>(Since taking this picture, I have carefully removed most of the green seposits, especially on the obverse)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gemini coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1311041[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have no idea what my coin might be worth now, as I&#039;m not sure how the market has changed in the last 7 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has any information on this study, and why it&#039;s unusual for a Decentius to be minted by Ambianum (or the coin&#039;s possible value, given that it probably won&#039;t be staying in my antoninianus collection lol), I&#039;d be very grateful to hear it!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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