v13_1369 - GRATIAN Nummus, (Æ 4)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 45.73 €
Estimate : 91.47 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus, (Æ 4)
Date: 383
Mint name / Town : Cœlésyrie, Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 13,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Légèrement décentré. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Gratien diadémé, drapé et cuirassé, à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux augsute).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VOT/ XX/ MVLT/ XXX// ANTA.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes dans une couronne de laurier.
Reverse translation : “Votis Decennalia/ Multis Tricennalia”, (Vœux pour le vingtième anniversaire de règne/ et plus pour le trentième anniversaire de règne 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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