E-auction 257-179793 - brm_418852 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 59 € |
| Maximum bid : | 69 € |
| End of the sale : | 19 March 2018 14:26:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 379-383
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait de Gratien. Joli revers de style fin . Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Gratien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTVS RO-MANORVM/.
Reverse description : Rome ou Virtus (la Virilité) assise de face tournée à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Reverse legend : Q|F// ANTD.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Romanorum”, (La virilité des Romains).
Commentary
Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Cabochon carré. Minuscule fibule d’attache sur le vêtement.
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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