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Live auction - brm_493986 - VALENTINIAN II Maiorina pecunia

VALENTINIAN II Maiorina pecunia XF
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : 70 €
Maximum bid : 75 €
End of the sale : 31 July 2018 15:37:07
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Maiorina pecunia
Date: 378-383
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 6,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, bien centré des deux côtés. Patine marron. Exemplaire à l’usure régulière présentant un joli revers. Beau buste de Valentinien II
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Valentinien II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et de la gauche un bouclier (D7); diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM// (COURONNE)|-// SMK[...].
Reverse description : Valentinien II vêtu militairement, casqué, la tête tournée à droite, debout de face tourné à gauche sur une galère voguant à gauche conduite par la Victoire, tenant le gouvernail ; dans le champ à gauche, une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des romains).

Commentary


Poids lourd.Rubans de type 3. Casque lisse à plumet. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. Type exceptionnel pour Valentinien II à Cyzique.

Historical background


VALENTINIAN II

(17/11/375-15/05/392)

Valentinian II, son of Valentinian I, was proclaimed august at the age of four. After being driven out of Italy by Magnus Maximus in 387, he was restored to the throne by Theodosius I before being assassinated in 392 by Arbogast, who preferred Eugene to him..

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