Live auction - brm_830739 - MARCIAN Solidus
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Estimate : | 950 € |
Price : | 1 055 € |
Maximum bid : | 1 111 € |
End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 15:19:05 |
bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 450-457
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Belle monnaie sur un flan large et centré. De superbes détails des deux côtés. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection P.G
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MARCIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Marcien face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Marcianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Marcien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVGGGA/ -|*// CONOB.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, debout à gauche, tenant une longue croix perlée de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (la Victoire des augustes).
Commentary
Georges Depeyrot a recensé 34 exemplaires pour ce type et cette officine.