brm_863387 - THEODOSIUS I Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
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Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 379-383
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,58 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan de forme ovale, idéalement centré. Très beau buste au droit, finement détaillé. Usure superficielle. Patine sombre
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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 de la gauche un bouclier (D'7) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ (COURONNE)|-// CONA.
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).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges bouletées à double rang. Fibule d’attache à cabochon perlé avec trois pendants bouletés.
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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