Live auction - brm_574031 - VALENTINIAN III Solidus
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| Estimate : | 1 250 € |
| Price : | 750 € |
| Maximum bid : | 750 € |
| End of the sale : | 16 June 2020 15:15:58 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 425-429
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait particulier de Valentinien III. Revers inhabituel de frappe un peu brouillée. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acheté en février 1958 et provient de la Collection R. P
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Théodose II de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS REI - *PVBLICAE (GAMMA)// CONOB.
Reverse description : Théodose II à gauche et Valentinien III à droite assis de face sur un banc, nimbés, vêtus du manteau consulaire, tenant chacun la mappa de la main droite et ensemble une croix de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Salus Rei Publicæ”, (La Santé de la chose publique).
Commentary
Sur ce solidus, Théodose II qui a rétabli son neveu sur le trône de son père Honorius partage les fastes consulaires avec Valentinien III. Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de MONNAIES XXIII, n° 654 qui s’est vendu 1100€. Au revers, l’étoile semble regravée sur une lettre.
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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