v13_1361 - GRATIAN Silique
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 91.47 €
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 91.47 €
Type : Silique
Date: 375-378
Mint name / Town : Vénétie et Istrie, Aquilée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan irrégulier. Frappe molle au revers. Flan légèrement irrégulier et taché
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de MONNAIES IV, 26 juin 1998, n° 468
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadèmé, 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 : VRBS - ROMA/ -|*// AQPS..
Reverse description : Rome assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et une haste renversée de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (Ville de Rome).
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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