v36_1104 - THEODOSIUS I Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 100.00 €
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 392-395
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un flan un peu court au droit sur la légende et irrégulier. Beau portrait. Revers exceptionnel. Magnifique patine noire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEO[DO-SI]VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Théodose Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA - ROMANORVM/ -|-// SMK(DELTA).
Reverse description : Théodose Ier à cheval dans l'attitude de l'Adventus, levant la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
Commentary
Rubans de type3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon carré. Les ptéryges sont invisibles sous le paludamentum.
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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