brm_862774 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 372
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,99 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré aux bords irréguliers. Des faiblesses mais un buste agréable au droit. Patine gris 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 : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ *|*/A// TES.
Reverse description : Gratien debout à droite, tenant le labarum de la main gauche et de la droite, par les cheveux, un captif agenouillé.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
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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