E-auction 672-706106 - VALENTINIAN II Nummus
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Type : Nummus
Date: 388-392
Mint name / Town : Atelier incertain
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,08 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et légèrement décentré. De beaux détails. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Valentinien II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Valentinianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SALVS REI PVBLICAE/ -|-// [...].
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et un captif de la main gauche .
Reverse translation : Salus Rei Publicae (la Santé de la chose publique).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger. Petit buste.
Extremely lightweight. Small bust.
Extremely lightweight. Small bust.
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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