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Live auction - brm_498453 - AELIA FLACCILLA Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)

AELIA FLACCILLA Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2) AU
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Estimate : 450 €
Price : 392 €
Maximum bid : 700 €
End of the sale : 11 September 2018 15:01:38
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: c. 383-386
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, irrégulier et échancré. Très beau portrait d’Aelia Flaccilla. Revers de style fin. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur S

Obverse


Obverse legend : AEL FLAC-CILLA AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé d'Aélia Flaccilla à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (L').
Obverse translation : “Ælia Flaccilla Augusta”, (Aélia Flaccilla augusta).

Reverse


Reverse legend : SALVS REI-PVBLICAE/ (PALME)|-// SMNB.
Reverse description : Flaccilla debout de face, détournant la tête à droite, les bras ramenés sur la poitrine.
Reverse translation : "Salus Rei Publicæ", (La Santé du bien public).

Commentary


Poids léger. Coiffure très élaborée. Semble non recensé pour cette officine plutôt réservée à Valentinien II. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un exemplaire pour cet atelier.

Historical background


AELIA FLACCILLA

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Wife of Theodosius I, mother of Arcadius and Honorius - Augusta

Aélia Flaccilla is the first wife of Theodosius I and the mother of Arcadius and Honorius. She receives the title of augusta at the elevation of Arcadius and dies in 386.

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