brm_172940 - HONORIUS Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
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Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 393-395
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur flan large, mince et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Usure régulière. Patine vert olive
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N HONORIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé d'Honorius à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Honorius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Honorius pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA - ROMANORVM// SMN(GAMMA).
Reverse description : Honorius debout de face, vêtu militairement, tourné à droite, tenant un labarum chrismé de la main droite et un globe nicéphore de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger. Rubans de type 3.
Extremely light weight. Type 3 ribbons
Extremely light weight. Type 3 ribbons
Historical background
HONORIUS
(01/22/393-08/15/423)
Born in 384, Honorius was named Augustus in 393. On the death of his father, he inherited the West with Stilicho as regent. The beginning of the 5th century saw an unprecedented wave of invasions. The limes definitely give way under the pressure. In 410, Rome was even taken. The Western empire is in full disintegration. Numerous usurpations took place in Brittany with Constantin III, in Gaul with Constans, Jovin and Sébastien, in Spain with Maxime and in Italy with Attale. Honorius dies in Ravenna in 423 after thirty years of reign, leaving an empire disintegrated.
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