Live auction - brm_577865 - VALENTINIAN I Silique
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 185 € |
| Maximum bid : | 185 € |
| End of the sale : | 28 April 2020 15:32:41 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Silique
Date: 364-367
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,86 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré. Joli buste de Valentinien Ier. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen
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'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VRBS - ROMA// RP.
Reverse description : Rome assise à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (La ville de Rome).
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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