E-auction 258-180580 - brm_418851 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

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Estimate :	45 €
Price :	24 €
Maximum bid :	26 €
End of the sale :	26 March 2018 14:25:00
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

Date: 379-383

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,41 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beau portrait de Gratien. Joli revers de frappe un peu molle. Belle patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

C.57 - RIC.50 a1, pl. XIV/7 - LRBC.2668 - RCV.20137 (125$) - MRK.158 /43 var.

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) ; diadème perlé.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VIRTVS RO-MANORVM/.

Reverse description : Rome ou Virtus (la Virilité) assise de face tournée à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.

Reverse legend : Q|F// ANTB.

Reverse translation : “Virtus Romanorum”, (La virilité des Romains).