v21_3808 - GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 160.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
Realised price : 150.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 160.00 €
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 378-383
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,06 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine marron clair. Revers de haut relief
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Gratien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et de la gauche un bouclier (D'7).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM// (COURONNE)|-// CONB.
Reverse description : Gratien vêtu militairement, casqué, la tête tournée à droite, debout de face tourné à gauche sur une galère voguant à gauche conduite par la Victoire, tenant le gouvernail ; dans le champ à gauche, une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
Historical background
GRATIAN
(24/08/367-25/08/383)
Born in 359, Gratien was named Augustus at the age of 8. Having become "Senior Augustus" after the death of his uncle in 378, he had to share power with his half-brother Valentinian II and chose Theodosius to assist him in the East. In 378, he had the statue of Victory, a pagan reference in his eyes, removed from the senate hall. After the revolt of Magnus Maximus, he fled but was assassinated in Lyon on August 25, 383..
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