Live auction - brm_520984 - VALENTINIAN II Solidus
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| Estimate : | 2 500 € |
| Price : | 2 500 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 15:08:17 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 383-385
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type monétaire parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Magnifique buste de Valentinien II. Revers de toute beauté avec une légende inhabituelle. Jolie patine. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINI-ANVS 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 : CONCORDI-A AVGGGGI/ -|-//CONOB.
Reverse description : Constantinople assise de face, tournée à droite sur un trône orné de têtes de lions, tenant de la main droite un sceptre long et de la gauche un globe, le pied posé sur une proue.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum” (La Concorde des augustes).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.
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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