Magnentius, 18 January 350 - 10 August 353 A.D.
Flavius Magnus Magnentius may have once been a slave owned by Constantine the Great. He was a general of great skill, becoming one of the empires foremost military leaders during the reign Constans.
Magnentius (350-353)
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Magnentius and Decentius (350-353). Ancient imitations.
Imitations of AE of Magnentius and Decentius are almost as common as "official" issues. Some are crude and smaller than official issues, but many are nearly full size and of passable style.
Magnentius used the symbol of Christ to solicit support from Christians in the Western Empire in his struggle with the Eastern Emperor Constantius II.
339d MAGNENTIUS. 350-353. Æ Centenionalis of Rome. Bust right/Emp. standing right, left foot on captive, hldg standard & branch. RIC-8, 177, SR-4025. F-VF. $70 ...
Magnentius, AD 350-353, AE Centenionalis. Emperor head rt., A behind/GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horse rt. spears fallen foe, RSLG in exergue, Lugdunum mint, RIC 115.
Flavius Magnus Magnentius
Emperor 350 - 353
Magnus Decentius
Caesar 351 - 353 ...
Centennionalis of Magnentius.
The bronze centenionalis, were the attempts of Constans and Constantius II to reintroduce a large bronze coin between 320-340 AD, as the follis had by then shrunk dramatically.
Imitative type of Magnentius, AE4, January 19, 350-August 18, 353, "Lugdunum", Officina 1
[D N] MAGN[ENTI]VS P F AVG
Bare head, cuirassed bust right, B behind head
[VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE] ...
Constantius eventually met and crushed Magnentius. Magnentius committed suicide in 353, and Constantius soon after put his cousin Gallus to death.
Traduction : "Dominus Noster Magnentius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Magnence pieux heureux auguste).
Description : Buste tête nue, drapé et cuirassé de Magnence à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A°).
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The usurper Magnentius (350-353) and Julian II, the last emperor of the house of Constantine (360-363) both attempted to reintroduce a large bronze piece, the maiorina, but all such efforts seemed doomed to failure.
 See also: Constantius II, Revers, Constans, Reverse, Coin
  
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