v11_0509 - VALENTINIAN I Nummus, (Æ 3)
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
Realised price : 57.93 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 102.29 €
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
Realised price : 57.93 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 102.29 €
Type : Nummus, (Æ 3)
Date: 367-370
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,70 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine verte. Flan irrégulier et légèrement échancré
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').
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ O-F|III/ CON*.
Reverse description : Valentinien Ier debout à droite, tournant la tête à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant de la main gauche le labarum chrismé et de la droite, un captif agenouillé.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
Commentary
Atelier rare.
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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