E-auction 3-314 - brm_092744 - ARCADIUS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

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Estimate :	95 €
Price :	52 €
Maximum bid :	60 €
End of the sale :	04 April 2013 19:54:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

Date: 394/395-400

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : copper

Diameter : 18 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,58 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Revers tout à fait inhabituel pour cette période. Patine vert olive foncé et sable. Beau portrait. Flan large et légèrement ovale

Catalogue references :

LRBC.2758

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d’Arcadius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a).

Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus" (Notre seigneur Arcadius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VIRTVS - EXERCITI// ANTA.

Reverse description : Arcadius, vêtu militairement debout à gauche, tenant une haste d ela main droite, la main gauche appuyée sur un bouclier couronné par Victoria, placée derrière lui.

Reverse translation : "Virtus Exerciti" (La virilité de l’Armée).