v13_1381 - THEODOSIUS I Maiorina pecunia, imitation, (Æ 2)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
unsold lot
Type : Maiorina pecunia, imitation, (Æ 2)
Date: 383-388
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine verte. Flan irrégulier et légèrement décentré au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Théodose Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche (D'7).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLRIA RO-MANORVM/ C..., (SIC !).
Reverse description : Théodose Ier, vêtu militairement, casqué la tête tournée à droite, debout à gauche sur une galère dirigée par la Victoire, tenant le gouvernail.
Reverse legend : D|-.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
Historical background
THEODOSIUS I
(01/19/379-01/17/395)
Theodosius I, of Spanish origin, was the son of General Theodosius, executed in 375. After the disappearance of Valens in Adrianople in 378, Gratian chose him to assist him. Theodosius I, who became august in 379, succeeded in restoring the unity of the Roman Empire. He had to face the usurpation of Magnus Maximus between 383 and 388 and that of Eugene from 392 to 394. In 394, the Empire was reunited for the first time in thirty years. Upon his death, his inheritance will be divided between his two sons, Honorius for the West and Arcadius for the East. Theodosius I founded a dynasty that would reign over the Eastern and Western empires for nearly eighty years before the fall of Rome.
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