v08_0696 - GRATIAN Nummus (Æ 3)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
Realised price : 68.60 €
Type : Nummus (Æ 3)
Date: 367-375
Mint name / Town : Pannonie supérieure ou Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,31 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Très jolie patine vert jade foncé
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 : (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE/ *P|M// GSISC.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : (La sécurité de la République).
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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