Live auction - brm_1148410 - VALENTINIAN III Solidus
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Live starting : Type : Solidus
Date: 441-450
Mint name / Town : Constantinople ou atelier de campagne en Thrace
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe monnaie, centrée des deux côtés. Buste finement détaillé. Très joli revers. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection d’Adrien BLANCHET (1866-1957)
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENTIN-IANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Valentinien III de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valentinianius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valentinien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IMP. XXXXII. COS - XVII. P. P./ *|-// COMOB.
Reverse description : Constantinople assise à gauche, casquée et drapée, les jambes croisées, le pied droit posé sur une proue de navire, tenant de la main droite un globe crucigère et de la main gauche un sceptre ; derrière, un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Imperator quadragesimum secundum Consul septimum decimum Pater Patriæ”, (Revêtu de la quarante-deuxième salutation impériale consul pour la dix-septième fois père de la patrie).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare pour Valentinien III que pour Théodose II.
Historical background
VALENTINIAN III
(23/10/425-16/03/455)
Born in 419, Valentinian III is the son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, and the nephew of Honorius. Her mother having become angry with her half-brother, she left Ravenna for Constantinople in order to find refuge with Theodosius II. Upon the death of Honorius in 423, John usurped the throne. It was Theodosius II who allowed his cousin to take possession of his throne two years later. His mother, Galla Placidia, assures the regency in the name of her son. In 437, Valentinian III married Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of Theodosius II. In the West, Valentinian III left power to General Aetius. The latter tries to organize the defense of the West against the thrust of the Germanic tribes at the gates of the Empire. In 451, Aétius won a great victory in the Catalaunian fields, near Châlons-en-Champagne, thanks to the contribution of federated troops, in particular Visigoths. Aetius was finally assassinated in 454. The following year, Valentinian III was in turn eliminated at the instigation of Petronius Maximus, an old senator. The same year, Rome was besieged and taken by the Barbarians for the second time in less than fifty years..
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