Live auction - brm_504430 - DECENTIUS Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
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| Estimate : | 280 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 29 January 2019 15:24:42 |
Type : Maiorina, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 351-352
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,25 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés avec une faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes. Beau portrait de haut relief. Revers de style fin. Belle patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N DECENTIVS CAESAR/ A|-.
Obverse description : Buste tête nue, cuirassé de Décence à droite, drapé sur l’épaule, vu de trois quarts en avant (B°01).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Decentius Cæsar”, (Notre Maître Décence César).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES/ VOT/ V/ MVLT/ X/ I// SAR.
Reverse description : Deux Victoires debout face à face tenant toutes deux un bouclier inscrit en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : “Victoriæ Dominorum Nostrorum Augusti et Cæsari / Votis quinquennalibus multis decennalibus”, (Aux Victoires de notre auguste et de notre césar/ Vœux pour le cinquième anniversaire de règne et plus pour le dixième anniversaire à venir).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
DECENTIUS
(03/351-18/08/353)
Caesar
Decency, created Caesar by his brother Magnentius in March 351, remained in Gaul to defend the Rhenish Limes against the Frankish invasion fomented at the instigation of Constance with a view to opening a second front. Beaten, Decency locked himself in Sens where he committed suicide on August 18, 353.
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