brm_424540 - VALENTINIAN II Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 379-383
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18, mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,53 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré à l’usure superficielle. Joli buste. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Valentinien II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCOR-DIA AVGGG// ASISC.
Reverse description : Rome assise de face, casquée, vêtue militairement, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Fibule ronde. Ptéryges fines.
Historical background
VALENTINIAN II
(17/11/375-15/05/392)
Valentinian II, son of Valentinian I, was proclaimed august at the age of four. After being driven out of Italy by Magnus Maximus in 387, he was restored to the throne by Theodosius I before being assassinated in 392 by Arbogast, who preferred Eugene to him..
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