v21_3833 - MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus, (PB, Æ 4)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 85.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 90.00 €
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 85.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 90.00 €
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 4)
Date: 387-388
Mint name / Town : Vénétie et Istrie, Aquilée (Aquileia)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Patine verte. Très beau portrait. Frappe un peu faible au revers
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Magnus Maximus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Magnus Maximus pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPES RO-MA-NORVM// SMAQP.
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. Atelier rare pour ce type.
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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