brm_944655 - EUGENIUS Nummus
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Price : 380.00 €
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Price : 380.00 €
Type : Nummus
Date: 387-388
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 11 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 0,98 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli buste. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N EVGENI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d’Eugène à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Eugenius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Eugène pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES ROMANORVM/ -|-// AQP.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, avançant à gauche, tenant une couronne et une palme.
Reverse translation : “Spes Romanorum”, (L'espoir des Romains).
Historical background
EUGENIUS
(22/08/392-6/09/394)
Valentinian II was assassinated on May 15, 392 at the instigation of Arbogast, the real holder of power in the West. The Western empire remains vacant for three months. Eugene, master of offices, was proclaimed august on August 22, 392 by Arbogast. Professor of rhetoric, he is the antithesis of the barbarian general, the true master of the West. The nomination of Eugene is the occasion of the ultimate pagan reaction in the Roman circles of Urbs. Theodosius refuses to recognize Eugene, finally defeated at the Battle of the Cold River. Eugene is beheaded and Arbogast commits suicide.
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