Live auction - brm_440174 - THEODOSIUS II Solidus
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| Estimate : | 2 000 € |
| Price : | 950 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 001 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 September 2017 15:08:08 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Solidus
Date: 424-425
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 9e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait magnifique. Revers de toute beauté. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’orgine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en mars 1993 et provient de Conseils Placements
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 : GLOR ORVI-S TERRAR (THÊTA)/ *|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : L'empereur debout de face couronné et vêtu militairement, tenant de la main droite un étendard et de la gauche un globe crucigère.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Orbis Terrarum”, (Gloire sur la terre entière).
Commentary
Revers historiquement important. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cuirasse cloutée. Bouclier orné d’un cavalier orné terrassant un soldat à droite. Revers inhabituel. Labarum croiseté ouvert. Astre à huit rais dans le champ à gauche.
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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