Live auction - brm_568095 - VALENTINIAN II Solidus
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Estimate : | 1 500 € |
Price : | 850 € |
Maximum bid : | 850 € |
End of the sale : | 10 March 2020 15:16:42 |
bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Solidus
Date: 388-392
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré. Superbe revers de style fin. Joli buste. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen
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 AVGGGS// 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. Cabochon gemmé carré. Fibule gemmée aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines.