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<p>[QUOTE="Thomas c, post: 3948679, member: 106346"]<img src="https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/448/image00539.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>i was browsing when i found this coin in NumisBids, they say the coin was used as a shaped token/game piece:</p><p>Lot 539</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Magnentius. </b>AD 350-353. Æ Centenionalis (18mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Converted into a gaming token(?). Uncertain mint. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large Christogram; A-ω flanking. Brown patina, reddish earthen encrustation, cut into a cog-shaped token/game piece. Fine. Interesting contemporary use of a mid 4th century Roman Bronze coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thomas,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas c, post: 3948679, member: 106346"][IMG]https://www.numisbids.com/sales/hosted/cng/e/448/image00539.jpg[/IMG] i was browsing when i found this coin in NumisBids, they say the coin was used as a shaped token/game piece: Lot 539 [B]Magnentius. [/B]AD 350-353. Æ Centenionalis (18mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Converted into a gaming token(?). Uncertain mint. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Large Christogram; A-ω flanking. Brown patina, reddish earthen encrustation, cut into a cog-shaped token/game piece. Fine. Interesting contemporary use of a mid 4th century Roman Bronze coin. Thomas,[/QUOTE]
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