v21_3857 - THEODOSIUS II Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 401-403
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,70 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait avec une patine vert olive clair. Petite faiblesse de frappe au revers sur la légende
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Théodose II de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N'a).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDI-A AVGG// CONSA.
Reverse description : Constantinople casquée et drapée trônant à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Concordia Augustorum", (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
Historical background
THEODOSIUS II
(01/10/402-07/28/450)
Theodosius II, born in 401, was proclaimed august in 402 at 9 months. After the death of his father Arcadius in 408, the two chancelleries of Ravenna and Constantinople are cold. Honorius would like to reunite the Empire. On his death on August 15, 423, John, secretary to the late Emperor and new august, had a very small series of solidi minted in the name of Theodosius II until November 20, when he was considered a usurper. Jean will finally be captured at the beginning of 425 in Ravenna, mutilated, then executed. Theodosius II will install his cousin Valentinian III as august in Ravenna. Theodosius reigns for forty-eight years over the destinies of the East and dies of a hunting accident.
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