VICTORIA ROMANORVM (420 / 423)


Reference : AYC #4, RIC 217
Weight: 5.35 grs
Metal: Gold
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Unique
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N THEODO - SIVS P F AVG

Pearl-diademed, (bearded?), draped and cuirassed bust of Theodosius II to the right.

VICTORIA – ROMANORVM

Victoria (Angel) walking left, holding palm with the left hand and wreath with the right hand. A star behind her on the right. 

Marks

CONOB
Numéro :

One coin sold the 06/01/2010 by the New York Sale, Auction 23, lot 280, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=721138, link to their website: http://www.thenewyorksale.com/.

Another coin illustrated in Hendy 1985, ''Studies in the Byzantine monetary economy'' plate 3, n°4. It is the copy of Dumbarton Oaks.

I noted the denomination ''1,4 Solidus" because the weight is 5.35 grs. Multiplying the weight of a solidus by two gives 6.75 grams. In reality the weight corresponds to 1.20 x the weight of a solidus.

On the reverse, I noted ''Angel'' in the description, we can also say that it is about the Victory, but the image of the victory at that time had indeed become that of an angel symbolizing the Christian victory.