v24_0794 - THEODOSIUS I Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 205.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 420.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 205.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 420.00 €
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 383-388
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle avec un portrait magnifique. Revers de toute beauté. Extraordinaire patine foncé lissée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Théodose, diadémé, casqué, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant tenant une lance de la main droite et un bouclier de la gauche (C'3).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ (COURONNE)|-// ASISC..
Reverse description : Théodose casqué et en habit militaire, marchant à gauche sur un vaisseau se retournant et levant la main droite ; Victoria (La Victoire) est assise, tenant le gouvernail.
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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