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Live auction - brm_565109 - VALENTINIAN II Silique

VALENTINIAN II Silique AU/AU
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Estimate : 300 €
Price : 230 €
Maximum bid : 230 €
End of the sale : 28 January 2020 15:26:04
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Silique
Date: 375-378
Mint name / Town : Aquilée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,72 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Joli petit buste de Valentinien II, finement détaillé. Fine usure superficielle au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N VALENTINIA-NVS IVN 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 Iunior Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Valentinien le jeune pieux et heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VRBS - ROMA/ -|*//AQPS..
Reverse description : Rome casquée et drapée assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main gauche et une haste renversée de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (La ville de Rome).

Commentary


Poids léger.

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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