v21_3812 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 50.00 €
Estimate : 75.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 50.00 €
Estimate : 75.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 379-383
Mint name / Town : Hellespont, Cyzique, (Cyzicus)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine marron et sable
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCOR-DIA AVGGG/ +|-//SMK(DELTA).
Reverse description : Constantinople assise de face, tournée à droite, tenant un globe de la main gauche et une haste de la droite.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des trois augustes).
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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