v13_1392 - MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus, (Æ 4)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus, (Æ 4)
Date: 383-388
Mint name / Town : Viennoise, Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,05 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Très petite monnaie. Patine verte. Frappe faible au droit. En revanche, revers de haut relief pour ce type
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N MAG MAXI-MVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Magnus Maximus à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Magnus Maximus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Magnus Maximus pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES RO-MA-NORVM// PCON.
Reverse description : Porte de camp ouverte, surmontée de deux tours et d’une étoile.
Reverse translation : “Spes Romanorum”, (L'espoir des Romains).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
MAGNUS MAXIMUS
(25/08/383-28/08/388)
Magnus Maximus is proclaimed in Brittany and quickly seizes Gaul. He is at one time recognized by Constantinople, but when he attacks Italy and Valentinian II, he comes up against Theodosius I who defies him and has him executed..
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