Medaglione da 1,5 solidi di Teodosio II

[Vel Saties]

Questo meraviglioso medaglione FDC (sic!) da 1 solido e mezzo, conosciuto solo in due esemplari verrà battuto nell'asta MDCMonaco auction 11 lotto 414. Al rovescio potrebbe rappresentare l'ingresso dell'imperatore Teodosio II in Costantinopoli per le nozze di Valentiniano III con Licinia Eudossia (avevo erroneamente scritto Aelia Flaccilla e @Stilicho mi ha fatto notare l'errore. Grazie).
Base d'asta 100.000€. Rifatevi gli occhi.
https://www.biddr.com/auctions/mdcmonaco/browse?a=3376&l=3870127

EMPIRE ROMAIN
Théodose II (402-450). Médaillon de 1 1/2 solidi 437, Constantinople.NGC MS* 4/5 4/5 Fine Style die shift (6555791-001).
Av. D N THEODO - SIVS P F AVG. Buste barbu, drapé et diadémé à droite.
Rv. ADVENTVS S D N AVG / CONOB. L’Empereur nimbé, à cheval à gauche, levant la main droite en signe de salut. Devant le cheval, une étoile à huit branches.
RIC.- (cf. 501 pour Marcien) - Gnecchi.- ; Or - 6,62 g - 24 mm - 12 h
NGC MS* 4/5 4/5 Fine Style die shift (6555791-001). Sur un flan large et de remarquable frappe. Dans son état de frappe, avec une délicate patine sur le brillant d’origine. D’une grande finesse de buste et de représentation au revers. Fleur de coin.
Ce médaillon n’est connu qu’à deux exemplaires, notre exemplaire et un autre vendu en vente A. Tkalec AG, 18 février 2002, n° 271. Ce revers n’était représenté que pour Marcien et représente très certainement l’entrée de Théodose II à Constantinople à l’occasion du mariage de Valentinien III, son neveu, avec sa fille Licinia Eudoxia (sur le solidus RIC.267, Théodose barbu, et nimbé, est représenté entre les mariés, eux aussi nimbés)

 

Modificato 28 Marzo, 2023 da Vel Saties

[modulo_largo]

spettacolare!

[Litra68]

Buon pomeriggio a tutti,  una moneta così posso solo sognarla la notte.

Sogni d'oro chiaramente.

Bellissima. 

Saluti 

Alberto

[Stilicho]

@Vel Saties

Sicuramente e' un lapsus calami: la moglie di Valentiniano III (e figlia di Teodosio II) era Licinia Eudossia e non Elia Flaccilla (moglie di Teodosio I  e madre di Onorio ed Arcadio).

Ciao da Stilicho

[Arka]

Perchè in slab, perchè ???

Arka

Diligite iustitiam e # liberate le monete 

[Vel Saties]

5 ore fa, Stilicho dice:

@Vel Saties

Sicuramente e' un lapsus calami: la moglie di Valentiniano III (e figlia di Teodosio II) era Licinia Eudossia e non Elia Flaccilla (moglie di Teodosio I  e madre di Onorio ed Arcadio)

 

Si, @Stilicho hai ragione: sono giorni che leggo di Elia Flaccilla e mi è rimasta in testa....

 

Modificato 28 Marzo, 2023 da Vel Saties

[Vel Saties]

6 ore fa, Litra68 dice:

Buon pomeriggio a tutti,  una moneta così posso solo sognarla la notte.

Non è poi così difficile: basta trovare 50000 amici che ci mettano 2 euro a testa ed hai svoltato il regalo di compleanno

 

[NeroDrusus]

Che magnificenza! 

[apollonia]

Chissà perchè quest'asta viene ignorata.

Chaponnière & Firmenich SA
Auction 15  21 May 2022

Lot 68
Starting price: 100 000 CHF
Price realized: 100 000 CHF

ROMAN EMPIRE. Theodosius II, 408-450. Multiple or medaillion of 1½ Solidi 437, Constantinople. Obv. DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG. Bust bearded, diademed and drapped right. Rev. ADVENTVS-S DN AVG; on the exergue CONOB. Emperor nimbed riding horse to left, raised his right hands in greetings; star in the left part fo the field. Gnecchi - (cf. Marcianus for the type); RIC -; DOC -. AU. 6.63 g. RRRRR UNC
Extremely rare and in exceptional condition. The second example known of this "Donativum" issue. Only another one, from the same dies, was sold by Tkalec auction house in 2002, February 18th, lot 271.
The long reign of Theodosius II is rich in abundant monetary production. It is nonetheless surprising to note that over a period of 42 years, only 6 gold multiples have come onto the market.
Gnecchi in his work on Roman medallions was not aware of the existence of a multiple for the reign of Theodosius II.
The earliest occurrence of a gold multiple for this emperor is an 18 scripulum or 4½ Solidi medallion found in Bulgaria near Sofia in the late 1930s . Like many multiples of this size, this example bears traces of a brooch mount. It remains today the largest multiple known for the reign of Theodosius II.
Grierson & Mays were able to study a multiple of 2 Solidi present in the Whittmore collection at the Dumbarton & Oaks Museum . Curiously another multiple of 1 Solidus ¼ or Festaureus is present in this collection but was not published in their work .
More recently, an article published in 2014 concerning a silver votive dish found in Toulouse in the 1880s reattributes the central medallion to Theodosius II, it is of the same type as the 2 Solidi present in the Whittmore collection.
This exceptional coin is the second known example. It is also the first offered at auction since the Tkalec AG auction of February 18th, 2002, lot 271.
The death of the western emperor Honorius in 423 opened a period of instability. Theodosius II took advantage of the presence at the court of Constantinople of his aunt Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I, to elevate his six-year-old nephew, Valentinian III, to imperial dignity. On this occasion, he strengthened the dynastic ties by betrothing him to his daughter Licinia Eudoxia.
The position of Valentinian III remained precarious, an usurper, John, occupied the imperial throne of the West. It took a two-year military campaign for Valentinian III to finally officially gain imperial dignity on October 23, 425 in Rome.
In 437, Theodosius II organized the marriage of Licinia Eudoxia. The marriage took place in Constantinople, on this occasion the emperor issued an honorary or donativa emission to exalt the coming of the Western emperor to the capital of the Eastern Empire.
Since Constantine I and his exceptional issue of 8 Solidi, all the adventus-type multiples issued had been standardized to the 2 Solidi module. These honorary issues refer to exceptional events such as an accession, a trip or a return from war of the emperor.
In this specific case, we are in the presence of one of the rare surviving elements of an event of major political and historical interest, the marriage of the emperor of the West with the daughter of the emperor of the East.
Although the two parts had been separated since the death of Theodosius I in 395, the two entities retained the desire to become a single political entity again. This marriage is directly in line with this policy of reunification and remains a major evidence of this ultimate attempt to recreate the ancient unity of a Roman Empire in full decline.

apollonia

[Vel Saties]

17 ore fa, apollonia dice:

Chissà perchè quest'asta viene ignorata.

Chaponnière & Firmenich SA
Auction 15  21 May 2022

Lot 68
Starting price: 100 000 CHF
Price realized: 100 000 CHF

ROMAN EMPIRE. Theodosius II, 408-450. Multiple or medaillion of 1½ Solidi 437, Constantinople. Obv. DN THEODO-SIVS PF AVG. Bust bearded, diademed and drapped right. Rev. ADVENTVS-S DN AVG; on the exergue CONOB. Emperor nimbed riding horse to left, raised his right hands in greetings; star in the left part fo the field. Gnecchi - (cf. Marcianus for the type); RIC -; DOC -. AU. 6.63 g. RRRRR UNC
Extremely rare and in exceptional condition. The second example known of this "Donativum" issue. Only another one, from the same dies, was sold by Tkalec auction house in 2002, February 18th, lot 271.
The long reign of Theodosius II is rich in abundant monetary production. It is nonetheless surprising to note that over a period of 42 years, only 6 gold multiples have come onto the market.
Gnecchi in his work on Roman medallions was not aware of the existence of a multiple for the reign of Theodosius II.
The earliest occurrence of a gold multiple for this emperor is an 18 scripulum or 4½ Solidi medallion found in Bulgaria near Sofia in the late 1930s . Like many multiples of this size, this example bears traces of a brooch mount. It remains today the largest multiple known for the reign of Theodosius II.
Grierson & Mays were able to study a multiple of 2 Solidi present in the Whittmore collection at the Dumbarton & Oaks Museum . Curiously another multiple of 1 Solidus ¼ or Festaureus is present in this collection but was not published in their work .
More recently, an article published in 2014 concerning a silver votive dish found in Toulouse in the 1880s reattributes the central medallion to Theodosius II, it is of the same type as the 2 Solidi present in the Whittmore collection.
This exceptional coin is the second known example. It is also the first offered at auction since the Tkalec AG auction of February 18th, 2002, lot 271.
The death of the western emperor Honorius in 423 opened a period of instability. Theodosius II took advantage of the presence at the court of Constantinople of his aunt Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius I, to elevate his six-year-old nephew, Valentinian III, to imperial dignity. On this occasion, he strengthened the dynastic ties by betrothing him to his daughter Licinia Eudoxia.
The position of Valentinian III remained precarious, an usurper, John, occupied the imperial throne of the West. It took a two-year military campaign for Valentinian III to finally officially gain imperial dignity on October 23, 425 in Rome.
In 437, Theodosius II organized the marriage of Licinia Eudoxia. The marriage took place in Constantinople, on this occasion the emperor issued an honorary or donativa emission to exalt the coming of the Western emperor to the capital of the Eastern Empire.
Since Constantine I and his exceptional issue of 8 Solidi, all the adventus-type multiples issued had been standardized to the 2 Solidi module. These honorary issues refer to exceptional events such as an accession, a trip or a return from war of the emperor.
In this specific case, we are in the presence of one of the rare surviving elements of an event of major political and historical interest, the marriage of the emperor of the West with the daughter of the emperor of the East.
Although the two parts had been separated since the death of Theodosius I in 395, the two entities retained the desire to become a single political entity again. This marriage is directly in line with this policy of reunification and remains a major evidence of this ultimate attempt to recreate the ancient unity of a Roman Empire in full decline.

apollonia

 

IO l'ho ignorata perché non conoscevo la casa d'aste in questione

 

[apollonia]

Ignorata dalla MDC Monaco nella descrizione della moneta in asta, dove è citata solo la Tkalec.

apollonia

[Vel Saties]

2 ore fa, apollonia dice:

Ignorata dalla MDC Monaco nella descrizione della moneta in asta, dove è citata solo la Tkalec.

apollonia

Ah, scusa... allora boh mi pare strano...