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E-auction 517-430437 - brm_596723 - MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)

MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4) AU
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Estimate : 145 €
Price : 25 €
Maximum bid : 36 €
End of the sale : 13 March 2023 14:30:00
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 387-388
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince ébréché à 12 heures, court sur les légendes. Beau buste de Magnus Maximus. Porte de camp bien venue à la frappe au revers. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N MAG MA[XI]-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 très léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges larges. 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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