brm_264828 - GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
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Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 383
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,94 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait, joli revers à l’usure régulière. Patine vert olive foncé
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Pierre Gendre et découvert à Proyard (Somme)
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 : REPARATIO - REIPVB// LVGP.
Reverse description : Gratien, vête militairement debout de face, tourné à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main gauche et relevant une femme tourelée, agenouillée de la main droite.
Reverse translation : “Reparatio Rei Publicæ”, (Le restaurateur du bien public).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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