brm_961155 - THEODORA Centenionalis ou nummus
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Type : Centenionalis ou nummus
Date: 337-340
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et centré. Joli buste finement détaillé au droit. Une petite cassure de coin au revers. Agréable patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : FL MAX THEO-DO[RAE] AVG.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et drapé de Théodora à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (L).
Obverse translation : “Flaviæ Maximæ Theodoræ Augustæ”, (À Flavie Maxima Theodora augusta).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PIETAS - ROMANA.// CONSE.
Reverse description : Pietas (la Piété) ou Théodora debout de face tournant la tête à droite, tenant un enfant dans ses bras.
Reverse translation : “Pietas Romana”, (La Piété Romaine).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
THEODORA
(circa +330)
Wife of Constantius, Grandmother of Delmatius and Hanniballianus
In 293, Theodora, daughter-in-law of Maximian, married Constance when the latter became Caesar after having repudiated Helen. She had four children, Flavius Constance, Jules Constance, Constantia, Licinius' future wife, and Anastasie, Nepotian's mother. His two grandsons Delmace and Hanniballien are respectively Caesar and King of Armenia. She dies before 337.
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