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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2373217, member: 19463&quot;]I discover I have more fondness for coins of Magnentius than most of you which led to my buying two AE2&#039;s of his in the last CNG Electronic sale.&nbsp; I believe both to be regular issues (not barbarous as many coins are) and both are things I did not have from their mint.&nbsp; First is from my favorite Magnentius mint at Amiens (Ambianum) with mintmark AMB.&nbsp; The mint used only one workshop so there is no letter.&nbsp; This coin is RIC rated C2 (so common everyone owns a stack of them?) so I await each of you to post your specimen (not really).&nbsp; This is one of the coins that shows the emperor riding a cat faced horse.&nbsp; RIC 4 (the common one) has the barbarian victim kneeling in front of the horse but there is RIC 3 rated R with the victim under the horse.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will have to be looking for that one.&nbsp; Magnentius corrected the standard Falling Horseman type, IMHO, giving the victorious Roman the horse instead of the victim.&nbsp;&nbsp; Can someone offer an explanation of the haloed cat headed horse?&nbsp; There is a rare coin of Magnentius from another mint with the standard FH reverse.&nbsp; That is the one I really want. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]485588[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Amiens mint is thought to have been the result of a move of the Trier mint which was considered in jeopardy of being lost.&nbsp; RIC dates this coin as 350 which is consistent with the high weight (mine is 5.48g) and the lack of the type for Decentius.&nbsp; My Trier example is broken but has a better cat.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485590[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin is a new type to my collection and from the earliest period is &quot;before 3 June, 350 AD&quot; (RIC 177) from Rome.&nbsp; The emperor is shown with foot on captive.&nbsp; In this common (C) version he holds a standard with eagle on the flag at top rather than a eagle on globe found on the rare (R3) version.&nbsp; This example has a very typical Rome mint portrait not like that of other mints.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]485589[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I forgot to mention:&nbsp; I love those soldier boots! </p><p><br /></p><p>Post your Magnentius coins or anyone from 350 AD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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