v11_0515 - GRATIAN Silique
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 137.20 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 142.54 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 142.54 €
Starting price : 137.20 €
Estimate : 228.67 €
Realised price : 142.54 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 142.54 €
Type : Silique
Date: 375-378
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : + 900 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,02 g.
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan large. Revers bien centré
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).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VRBS - ROMA// TRPS°.
Reverse description : Rome assise à gauche sur une cuirasse, les jambes croisées, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et une haste renversée de la main 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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