Live auction - brm_549804 - ARCADIUS Solidus
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Estimate : | 2 000 € |
Price : | 1 050 € |
Maximum bid : | 1 050 € |
End of the sale : | 03 December 2019 15:18:23 |
bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 388-392
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,50 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Joli revers de style fin. Beau buste d’Arcadius. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadèmé, drapé et cuirassé d’Arcadius à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Arcadius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Arcadius pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDI-A AVGGGA/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Constantinople assise de face, tournée à droite, casquée et drapée, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche, le pied gauche posé sur une proue de navire .
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire, le buste d’Arcadius reste poupon.