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                 Web Product ID: 505

                 Estimate: $495.00
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                 Denomination: Centenionalis
                 Grade: EF nice brown patina
                 Reference: RIC VIII 289; LRBC 1175




  Vetranio. 350 AD. Æ Maiorina (5.05 gm). Siscia mint. DN VETRA-NIO PF AVG, laureate,
  cuirassed bust right; A and * in fields / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Emperor standing left,
  holding labarum in each hand; A/•GSIS*. RIC VIII 289; LRBC 1175. EF, nice brown
  patina. Scarce! $495.



  Following the overthrow and death of Constans early in 350 AD his successor, the
  usurper Magnentius, was prevented from extending his rule any further east than Italy
  by the elevation of a rival emperor, the elderly general Vetranio, by the army of
  Illyricum (March 1). Throughout his brief rule Vetranio steadfastly maintained that
  he was acting solely in the interests of the ruling dynasty and that he had no
  personal imperial ambitions. The truth of this claim was ultimately proven by his
  abdication in the presence of the eastern emperor Constantius II after a reign of
  less than ten months (December 25). The ex-emperor then retired from public life and
  lived out his remaining years on an estate at Prusa in Bithynia granted to him by the
  grateful Constantius. The coinage of Vetranio was all produced at the Balkan mints of
  Siscia and Thessalonica and substantial issues were made in the name of his eastern
  ‘colleague’ Constantius.