v55_0441 - THEODOSIUS I Maiorina pecunia
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 200.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Type : Maiorina pecunia
Date: 383-388
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Théodose Ier à l’usure superficielle. Joli revers de style fin. Patine noire légèrement granuleuse
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 le bouclier de la main gauche (D’7) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux augustus).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ (COURONNE)|-// .TESA.
Reverse description : Théodose Ier, casqué vêtu militairement, le manteau flottant; la main droite levée debout à gauche sur une galère conduit par la Victoire.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La Gloire des Romains).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3. Casque avec plumet. Beau buste armé.
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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