v08_0715 - MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus (Æ 4)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus (Æ 4)
Date: 387-388
Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine verte et marron / Frappe faible au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MAG MAX-IMVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Magnus Maximus à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur le grand Maxime pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES RO-MA-NORVM// LVGS.
Reverse description : Porte de camp surmontée de deux tours et d'une étoile.
Reverse translation : (L'espérance des Romains).
Historical background
MAGNUS MAXIMUS
(25/08/383-28/08/388)
Magnus Maximus is proclaimed in Brittany and quickly seizes Gaul. He is at one time recognized by Constantinople, but when he attacks Italy and Valentinian II, he comes up against Theodosius I who defies him and has him executed..
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