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brm_611917 - MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)

MAGNUS MAXIMUS Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4) VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Nummus, (PBQ, Æ 4)
Date: 387-388
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire court sur les légendes à l’usure très importante, lisible et identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N M[AG 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 : SP[ES ROMAN]ORVM/ -|-// SMAQP.
Reverse description : Porte de camp ouverte, surmontée de deux tours et d’une étoile.
Reverse translation : “Spes Romanorum”, (L'espoir des Romains).

Commentary


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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