brm_418853 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

Date: 379-383

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,60 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 5e

Catalogue references :

LRBC.2695 - C.3 - RIC.45 a - RCV.20023

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 heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : CONCOR-DIA AVGGG//.

Reverse description : Rome assise de face, tournée à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et une haste renversée de la gauche.

Reverse legend : q|F/K// ANTE.

Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des trois augustes).

Commentary

Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.

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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brm_418853 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

GRATIAN

(24/08/367-25/08/383)

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