bmv_298630 - VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM - AQUITAINE Solidus à la victoire
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Type : Solidus à la victoire
Date: VIe siècle
Mint name / Town : Narbonne (?)
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,39 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, complet au droit et au revers, sur un flan assez large. Frappe assez bien centrée, mais un peu molle avec un frai assez homogène sur l’ensemble de la monnaie
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection L. G. ; il a été acheté le 18 janvier 1951
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTI - N- NANI.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, drapé et cuirasse de face, tenant une lance transversale de la main droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTOR-I-A AVCCC N // CONOB.
Reverse description : Victoire stylisée à gauche, tenant une longue croix fourchée vers le bas et se terminant en haut par un chrisme ; dans le champ, une étoile.
Commentary
Tous les solidus de cette série semblent avoir des pedigrees datant des années 1940-1950, comme si tous provenaient d’une même trouvaille. Ces monnaies ont été étudiées en 1940 par Reinhart qui attribue ce type précis aux règnes d’Agila (549-554) et d’Athanagilde (554-567) dont le frère Liuva est gouverneur de Narbonne. Il peut aussi être contemporain du règne de Theudis.
All the soliduses in this series appear to have pedigrees dating from the 1940s and 1950s, as if they all came from the same find. These coins were studied in 1940 by Reinhart, who attributed this specific type to the reigns of Agila (549-554) and Athanagilda (554-567), whose brother Liuva was governor of Narbonne. It may also be contemporary with the reign of Theudis.
All the soliduses in this series appear to have pedigrees dating from the 1940s and 1950s, as if they all came from the same find. These coins were studied in 1940 by Reinhart, who attributed this specific type to the reigns of Agila (549-554) and Athanagilda (554-567), whose brother Liuva was governor of Narbonne. It may also be contemporary with the reign of Theudis.
Historical background
VISIGOTHIC KINGDOM - AQUITAINE
(5th-6th century)
The Goths were settled at the mouth of the Vistula in the 1st century AD. They divided into Visigoths (Western Goths) and Ostrogoths (Eastern Goths). On August 9, 378, they crushed the Romans at Adrianople where Valens was killed. Alaric, king of the Visigoths, first besieges Ravenna where Honorius resides and takes Rome in 410. Athaulf, his brother-in-law, succeeds him and marries Galla Placidia, Honorius' sister. Wallia, his brother, founded in 419 the kingdom of the Visigoths of Toulouse which was to last a century. Euric (466-484) adds Spain to his kingdom. Clovis, king of the Franks, crushes Alaric II (484-507) at the battle of Vouillé in 507, destroying the Visigoth kingdom of Toulouse. The Visigoths nevertheless retain Spain and Septimania. The Spanish dynasty will reign until Rodrigue and the invasion of the Arabs in 711. It will take the energy of a Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace, to stop the Muslims in Poitiers in 732.
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