v18_0751 - VALENTINIAN II Maiorina pecunia, (Æ 2)
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 116.00 €
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 100.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 116.00 €
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (Æ 2)
Date: 378-383
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Belle patine vert jade. Revers magnifique
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Valentinien II à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianus Junior Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien le jeune pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : REPARATIO - REI PVB// BSISC.
Reverse description : Valentinien II debout de face tourné à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant le globe nicéphore de la main gauche, relevant une femme agenouillée de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Reparatio Rei Publicæ”, (La restauration du bien public).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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