Live auction - brm_431180 - THEODOSIUS II Solidus
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 820 € |
| Maximum bid : | 950 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 June 2017 15:05:51 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 441
Mint name / Town : Constantinople ou atelier de campagne en Thrace
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire parfaitement centré des deux cotés. Buste fantastique d’une grand finesse et magnifique revers. Griffe au droit dans le champ à droite. La monnaie a conservé une partie de son brillant de frappe
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N THEODOSI-VS 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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Théodose pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRT EX-ERC ROM/ -|*// CONOB (V ET E LUNAIRES).
Reverse description : Théodose II marchant à droite, debout de face, casqué, vêtu militairement, tenant un trophée de la main gauche qui repose sur l’épaule gauche et un captif par les cheveux longs de la main droite ; une étoile à huit rais dans les cheveux.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus Romanorum”, (La Virilité de l’armée des Romains).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème perlé sur un casque avec grand plumet. Portrait de style très fin. Cuirasse cloutée. Épaulière décorée. Bouclier orné d’un cavalier terrassant un ennemi.
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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