ROMAN. Flavius Victor. A.D. 387-388. Bronze (1.31g). Aquileia mint. Struck A.D. 387-388. D N FL VIC-TOR P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SPES RO-MANORVM, camp gate with star between two turrets. RIC IX Aquileia 55b.3; LRBC 1104. VF, clear and attractive. Very rare and highly sought-after, often missing from collections. Flavius Victor was the young son of Magnus Maximus, elevated to Augustus in the West during his father's brief breakaway regime. His coinage is short-lived, struck in the tense years just before Theodosius I moved against Maximus, and it remains a scarce witness to this fleeting chapter of late Roman politics. From the Titan Collection, previously from the David Allan Collection; acquired from Frank Taylor, 11/12/1979.

Estimate: AUD 500