Live auction - brm_496709 - VALENTINIAN I Solidus
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| Estimate : | 2 800 € |
| Price : | 1 400 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 11 September 2018 15:00:38 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Solidus
Date: 372
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,47 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie frappée sur un flan très large. Joli buste. Magnifique revers malgré un frottement sur l’exergue. Des marques de coups sont visibles sur la tranche mais la monnaie ne semble pas avoir été montée anciennement
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Valentinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus” (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM/ -|(CHRISME)// ANOBE.
Reverse description : Victoire assise à droite, tenant un bouclier inscrit : VOT/ X/ MVLT/ XX.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La Victoire des augustes).
Commentary
Ce type de revers est rare. C’est la première que nous le présentons à la vente et G. Depeyrot n’en recense que deux exemplaires !.
Historical background
VALENTINIAN I
(02/25/364-11/17/375)
Valentinian, proclaimed on February 25, 364, joined his brother Valens on August 24 of the same year. They share the Empire, Valentinian reserving the West. In 367, the Emperor named Augustus his son Gratian. Valentinian died on November 17, 375, leaving the West in great danger.
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