v08_0697 - GRATIAN Nummus (Æ 4)
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 42.69 €
Estimate : 68.60 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 42.69 €
Estimate : 68.60 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus (Æ 4)
Date: 378-383
Mint name / Town : Pannonie supérieure ou Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Magnifique 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).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOT// XV // MVLT// XX// BSISC.
Reverse description : dans une couronne en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Vœux pour le quinzième anniversaire de règne et plus pour le vingtième à venir),.
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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