v21_3804 - GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 378-383
Mint name / Town : Lyonnaise, Lyon (Lugdunum)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,45 g.
Officine: 2e
Emission: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan étroit, irrégulier et ovale, légèrement décentré sur la légende au revers. Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert jade clair
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 : [REPA]RATIO - REI PVB/ -|S// LVGS.
Reverse description : Gratien debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant le globe nicéphore de la main gauche, relevant de la main droite une femme agenouillée.
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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