E-auction 3-312 - brm_092712 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 25 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 April 2013 19:53:30 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 375-378
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Jolie patine vert noir profond, légèrement superficielle au revers. Revers de haut relief. Exemplaire sur un flan un peu étroit, mais bien centré des deux côtés
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 : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REI PVBLICAE/ SCON.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Rei Publicæ”, (La sécurité 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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