Live auction - bmv_822899 - VALENTINIAN III Solidus
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| Estimate : | 5 000 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 17:12:16 |
Type : Solidus
Date: 425-426
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,28 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce solidus est frappé sur un flan large et irrégulier. Usure régulière. Traces de nettoyage
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la vente Pierre Crinon du printemps 2008, n° 208 et de la collection Philippe Schiesser
Avec son certificat d'exportation de bien culturel n°225109 délivré par le ministère français de la Culture
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Valentinien III à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Placidius Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus" (Notre Seigneur Placidius Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVGGG (NE LIÉS) R|M // COMOB.
Reverse description : L’Empereur Valentinien III debout de face, tenant une longue croix de la main droite et un globe nicéphore de la gauche, posant le pied sur un serpent à tête humaine (symbole du mal).
Reverse translation : "Victoria Augustorum" (La Victoire des trois augustes).
Commentary
Exemplaire pseudo-impérial imitant les solidi frappés à Rome en 425-426 sous Valentinien III (425-455). Exemplaire avec un monogramme EN après AVCCC. En fonction des auteurs, ces solidi sont classés aux Burgondes, aux Wisigoths voire aux Francs (Clovis).
Historical background
VALENTINIAN III
(23/10/425-16/03/455)
Born in 419, Valentinian III is the son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, and the nephew of Honorius. Her mother having become angry with her half-brother, she left Ravenna for Constantinople in order to find refuge with Theodosius II. Upon the death of Honorius in 423, John usurped the throne. It was Theodosius II who allowed his cousin to take possession of his throne two years later. His mother, Galla Placidia, assures the regency in the name of her son. In 437, Valentinian III married Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II. In the West, Valentinian III left power to General Aetius. The latter tries to organize the defense of the West against the thrust of the Germanic tribes at the gates of the Empire. In 451, Aétius won a great victory in the Catalaunian fields, near Châlons-en-Champagne, thanks to the contribution of federated troops, in particular Visigoths. Aetius was finally assassinated in 454. The following year, Valentinian III was in turn eliminated at the instigation of Petronius Maximus, an old senator. The same year, Rome was besieged and taken by the Barbarians for the second time in less than fifty years..
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