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brm_784760 - THEODOSIUS I Nummus

THEODOSIUS I Nummus AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 50.00 €
Type : Nummus
Date: 384-387
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli buste de Théodose. Patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Théodose Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Theodosius Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre Seigneur Théodose pieux et heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTOR-IA AVGGG// ASIS..
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Augustorum", (La Victoire des trois augustes).

Historical background


I THEODOSIUS

(19/01/379-17/01/395)

Theodosius I, of Spanish origin, is the son of General Theodosius in 375 runs. After the death of Valens at Adrianople in 378, Gratian chose him to assist him. Theodosius I, became august 379, managed to restore the unity of the Roman empire. He must face the usurpation of Magnus Maximus between 383 and 388 and that of Eugene 392-394. In 394, the Empire was reunited for the first time in thirty years. At his death, his legacy will be divided between his two son, Honorius and Arcadius for the West to the East. Theodosius I founded a dynasty that will rule the empires of the East and West for nearly eighty years before the fall of Rome.

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