Live auction - brm_501095 - THEODOSIUS I Solidus
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | 840 € |
| Maximum bid : | 850 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 15:09:01 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 388-392
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier. Portrait de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Revers de style fin. Conserve son brillant de frappe et son coupant d’origine. La tranche a été légèrement limée anciennement
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'c); diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCOR-DIA AVGGGA/ VOT / V/ MVL/ X// CONOB.
Reverse description : Constantinople assise de face tournée à droite, casquée et drapée, tenant un bouclier de la main gauche et un sceptre long de la droite ; le pied gauche posé sur une proue de navire ; le siège est orné de têtes de lion ; sur le bouclier, légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum/ Votis quinquennalibus/ Multis decennalibus”, (La Concorde des augustes/ Vœux pour le cinquième anniversaire de règne et plus pour le dixième anniversaire à venir).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées ; diadème perlé avec des cabochons gemmés, terminé par un cabochon perlé et gemmé carré. Fibule d’attache avec un cabochon gemmé aux extrémités perlées. Épaulière perlée et ptéryges fines. Cassure de coin perceptible au revers au niveau du D de CONCORDI.
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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