E-auction 197-127013 - brm_344111 - VALENTINIAN II Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
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| Estimate : | 45 € |
| Price : | 26 € |
| Maximum bid : | 30 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 January 2017 14:18:30 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 383-388
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,31 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, bien centré et lisible. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINIA-NVS IVN 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 Iunior Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien le jeune pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA - AVGGG/ -|-// SMAQS.
Reverse description : Deux victoires debout face à face, tenant chacune une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La victoire des augustes°.
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon rond. Fibule d’attache ronde.
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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