Live auction - brm_659356 - GRATIAN Silique

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Estimate :	200 €
Price :	155 €
Maximum bid :	160 €
End of the sale :	27 April 2021 16:02:58
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Silique

Date: 378-383

Mint name / Town : Trèves

Metal : silver

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,99 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Très bel exemplaire, centré, fissuré à 1h. Beau buste de Gratien. Patine grise avec des reflets bleutés

Catalogue references :

C.56 (8f.) - RIC.58 a1 - RSC.56 a (135£) - RCV.19971 (225$)

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/ -|-// TRPS.

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