Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIV 21 Sep 2017
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Theodosius I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 379. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA REIPVB, Theodosius I and Gratian enthroned facingholding a globe between them, Victory above facing with wings spread, crowning them with laurel wreathes; TESOB in exergue. RIC 33b var. (emperors holding mappa); Depeyrot 33/2 var. (same); DO -. 4.25g, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare, known to Depeyrot by only two examples for Gratian and two for Theodosius I. Only one example is represented on CoinArchives.
This was evidently a very short-lived issue, and the reverse legend appears to have been swiftly supplanted by VICTORIA AVGG, and Victory was now shown hovering between the two emperors, no longer holding wreaths above their heads.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare, known to Depeyrot by only two examples for Gratian and two for Theodosius I. Only one example is represented on CoinArchives.
This was evidently a very short-lived issue, and the reverse legend appears to have been swiftly supplanted by VICTORIA AVGG, and Victory was now shown hovering between the two emperors, no longer holding wreaths above their heads.