v24_0793 - VALENTINIAN II Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 112.00 €
Starting price : 95.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
Realised price : 95.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 112.00 €
Type : Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 384-387
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Thessalonique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique patine vert jade. Très beau petit portrait. Petit flan, légèrement décentré au revers
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA REI PVBLICAE/ (DELTA)|-// TES.
Reverse description : Porte de camp.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Rei Publicæ”, (La gloire de la République).
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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