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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 24 € |
| Maximum bid : | 26 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 May 2014 15:27:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 383-388
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24,00 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 5,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et parfaitement centré où l’on regrettera le manque de métal à 7 heures. Superbe patine sable
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 : VIRTVS E-XERCITI/ (PALME)|-// SMNB.
Reverse description : L’empereur debout de face tourné à droite, vêtu militairement, le pied gauche posé sur un captif agenouillé à droite, tenant le labarum chrismé de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exerciti”, (La Virilité de l’armée).
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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