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Live auction - brm_482441 - VALENTINIAN II Solidus

VALENTINIAN II Solidus AU
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Estimate : 950 €
Price : 650 €
Maximum bid : 650 €
End of the sale : 05 June 2018 15:01:36
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Solidus
Date: 388-392
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré. Beau buste de Valentinien II. Joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Patine de collection. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N VALENTINI-ANVS 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 : CONCORDI-A AVGGGE/ -|-//CONOB.
Reverse description : Constantinople assise de face, tournée à droite sur un trône orné de têtes de lions, tenant de la main droite un sceptre long et de la gauche un globe, le pied posé sur une proue.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des augustes).

Commentary


Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon gemmé carré. Fibule gemmée aux extrémités bouletées. Ptéryges fines.

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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