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Live auction - brm_482450 - ARCADIUS Solidus

ARCADIUS Solidus AU
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Estimate : 1 200 €
Price : 750 €
Maximum bid : 820 €
End of the sale : 05 June 2018 15:03:36
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Solidus
Date: 397-402
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan bien centré. Beau buste d’Arcadius de haut relief. Revers de style fin. Patine de collection. Conserve la plus grande partie de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : DN ARCADI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé, et cuirassé d’Arcadius de face, vu de trois quarts de face à droite, tenant une lance sur l’épaule et un bouclier orné d’un cavalier, terrassant un guerrier (N’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Honorius Pius Felix Augustus” (Notre seigneur Honorius pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : CONCORDI-A AVGGB/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Constantinople assise de face, tournée à droite, casquée et drapée, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main gauche et un sceptre long de la main droite, le pied gauche posé sur une proue de navire.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum” (La Concorde des deux augustes).

Commentary


Rubans perlés de type 3 aux extrémités globulées. Diadème perlé orné d’un cabochon rond gemmé. Cuirasse cloutée et décorée. Bouclier orné d’un cavalier terrassant un fantassin. Type sans étoile, frappé entre 397 et 402, associant seulement Arcadius et Honorius avec deux G pour la légende de revers.

Historical background


ARCADIUS

(01/19/383-05/1/408)

Arcadius was born in 377. Proclaimed august by his father on January 19, 383, he inherited the East after the death of Theodosius I. The weak Emperor let Rufin, the prefect of the Praetorium, and Eutrope, a palace eunuch, govern. Empress Eudoxia has considerable influence over the Emperor, and military power is in the hands of Gaïnas, a Goth. In 402, Arcadius associates his son Theodosius II, born the previous year, and a falling out ensues with Honorius. Arcadius dies in 408, aged 30.

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