v13_1364 - GRATIAN Nummus, (Æ 3)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 76.22 €
Estimate : 152.45 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus, (Æ 3)
Date: 367-375
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,63 g.
Officine: 4e
Emission: 27e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle avec une magnifique patine vert jade. Revers extraordinaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIANVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Gratien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ Q|K/* // DSISCE.
Reverse description : Gratien debout à droite, tenant le labarum de la main gauche et de la droite, par les cheveux, un captif agenouillé.
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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