Live auction - brm_498452 - THEODOSIUS I Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 October 2018 15:31:37 |
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 384-388
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,52 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau portrait de Théodose Ier. Revers tout à fait inhabituel. Jolie patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur S
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Théodose diadémé, drapé et cuirassé vu de trois quarts en avant (A').
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS - AVGGG/ (DELTA)|-// TES.
Reverse description : Théodose Ier vêtu militairement, debout à gauche sur une galère conduit par la victoire, le pied droit posé sur un captif, tenant de la main droite tendue un phénix posé sur un globe et un étendard de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Augustorum”, (La Virilité des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème perlé avec un cabochon perlé rond. Fibule d’attache cruciforme sur l’épaule. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Semble inédit et non recensé pour la quatrième officine. Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
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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