E-auction 515-428345 - brm_596494 - MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 49 € |
| Maximum bid : | 49 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 February 2023 14:32:30 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 385-388
Mint name / Town : Constantia/ Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais bien centré. Beau buste de Magnus Maximus. Usure superficielle au revers. Très belle patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MAG MAXI-MVS 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 : "Dominus Noster Magnus Maximus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Magnus Maximus pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES RO-MA-NORVM// PCON.
Reverse description : Porte de camp ouverte, surmontée de deux tours et d’une étoile.
Reverse translation : “Spes Romanorum”, (L'espoir des Romains).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines sous le paludamentum. P. Ferrando a recensé 42 exemplaires.
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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