MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
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Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus, (Æ 3)
Date: 375-378
Mint name / Town : Vénétie et Istrie, Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 1,93 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique patine vert jade. Très beau petit portrait. Flan légèrement irrégulier
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINIA-NVS 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 Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM// SMAQP.
Reverse description : Valentinien II debout de face tourné à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum chrismé de la main gauche et de la main droite un captif agenouillé.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
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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