Magnentius Chi-Rho Damnatio Memoriae Follis

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Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 08/30/2013 6:35 pm Took a bit of cleaning to recognise it. This coin came uncleaned much as it seems now. It came with a faint curve on one side and a punch mark on the other. Only today have I realised its historic importance. This is a piece of a chi-rho follis of Magnentius. To allow the coinage to continue to circulate after his defeat, tribes in East Anglia took the folles he produces, cut them up into 2 to 4 pieces and recirculated them. Most take little precuation to obfuscate his name or face, but these guys have put a punchmark through his face to remove it! I wonder how many of these go unspotted? this was going to go to the Unidentified chunk pot. I'm so happy I got one of these - I was going to throw down the money and buy an IDed one which very rarely, if ever, turns up on ebay. And I've never seen one with a punch mark to hide Magnentius' image before. A real damnatio! Heres the Chi-Rho reconstructed (crudely): See, most people wouldnt know this kind of thing even existed and just chuck it away. Keep your eyes peeled if yuo buy UK found lots. EDIT: thought id put an extra word on the punch - its through Magnentius' eye. Mark of evil or something. Someone had a similar thing of Nero - punch through the eye. Perhaps Masis? Edited by Ben 08/30/2013 6:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff

pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 08/30/2013 7:02 pm Wow, well spotted Ben. Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 08/31/2013 09:48 am Yes, Ben, that Nero Billon Tetradrachm, I sold it to David "Whizb4ng". "Barbarous" Unofficial Issues are a representation of our Roman history in Britain and are as much a part of Roman Numismatics as a finely struck Sestertius, I no longer treat them with disdain. Report this Post to the Staff
Whizb4ng Pillar of the Community Canada 579 Posts	Posted 08/31/2013 09:53 am And it isn't going to leave its new home for a loooong time. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 08/16/2016 10:22 am After some deliberation, I decided to bump this three year old thread. I stumbled across it while searching for something (don't quite remember what) and filed this info in my "huh--better look out for that" mental bucket. Lo and behold: Got this one in a lot of 13 small late coins from a seller in Belgium. The obverse is completely gone except for a very faded X... probably an old mark to remove any remaining detail of the defeated usurper and thus validate the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 08/17/2016 05:09 am Finn, yours is actually a Justin I who struck pentanummi with Chi-Rho reverses. I can see the epsilon indicating the value (5 nummi) next to the Chi-Rho on the right side. The style of the Chi-Rho seems to match those on Justin's pentanummi (very small loop on the P). (For Ben) what source(s) on this Anglian tribe theory? Not doubting or anything its simply something I've never heard of. Edited by VisigothKing 08/17/2016 05:11 am Report this Post to the Staff
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