Gold multiple of 3 solidi of Magnentius, Aquileia, c.351 A.D.
IMP CAES MAGNENTIVS AVG; Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust of Magnentius r.
LIBERATOR REI PVBLICAE; Magnentius, nimbate and in military attire, on horse r., offering his r. hand to turreted and draped figure of Aquileia, holding cornucopia in l. hand and scroll in r.; SMAQ in exergue.
RIC 122; Cohen 26; Gnecchi 1; P. Bastien, Le Monnayage de Magnence, NR I, 1964, pl. 10, 302; Kent-Hirmer pl. 168, 669
Picture credit: Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG (Auction 33), 6.4.2006, lot 605
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