new Magnentius. AD 350-353. Æ Centenionalis (23mm, 5.26 g, . Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd officina. Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Magnentius, in military dress, standing left, holding Victory on globe and vexillum with Chi-Rho on banner
Mine has added confusion from the rotated doublestrike placing extra facial features in the forehead of the main strike.
Great coin @ro1974 I really like the bust of it. The Chi-Rho also stands out nicely. Magnentius is one of my favourite of the late Romans and his coins are an area I would love to devout more time to. I only have one coin of his.
Nice @ro1974 , good looking coin! I am always interested in the Lugdunum Mint. I keep hoping @Cucumbor would stop into a Lugdunum/Lyons bank and buy me a roll or two of ancient coins... I have a couple Magnetius, but only one with a XP symbol: RI Magnentius 351-352 CE AE 1 CHI RHO LOL, I was looking at the Alpha-Omega (Beginning and End) letters/symbol on @TheRed 's, and see mine looks like NU-Omega... mine looks like The Middle to the End.
I have always loved the coins and the story of these two generals/would be usurpers! Great post @ro1974 . 2 things: 1- he always looks so grumpy. Shouldn't he be named "Mad"nentius? B- with him being a stocky chubby guy with a thin lurpy crony I can't be the 1st one to think that they look an awful lot like the wet bandits played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern in the home alone movies. Did Harry and Marve steal a time machine??? Nummus. Lyon, AD 351-353. Ӕ D N MAGNENTIVS P F, bare- headed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor galloping right, spearing barbarian kneeling left; shield and broken spear below horse, RSLG in exergue. RIC 115 Decentius Caesar, AD 350/1-353. Æ Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, 2nd officina. Struck AD 351. Bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / Two Victories standing facing one another, holding wreath inscribed VOT/V/MVLT/X in four lines; SV//RSLG•. RIC VIII 129
It strikes me as a fair question just where we draw the line between official mint products of Magnentius and coins that might be better considered barbarous. The faces shown are much more distinctive of the mint than of the man. It would be interesting if we could gather all the stars of Roman history together in one room (hoping they would not kill each other). How may could we certainly recognize? Some coins assist with this a great deal more than others. Below is a late Magnentius from Lugdunum. Does it look more like the man than the first shown? Why?
I am pretty sure this is one better considered barbarous (though I am assuming it is a Magnentius as I cannot make out much other than what looks like MAC), but would love to see some of the barbarous ones you might have acquired.... Anywho, here's mine!