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brm_092663 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3) XF
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Price : 35.00 €
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 367-375
Mint name / Town : Lyon
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Portrait inhabituel. Joli revers. Patine vert olive profond
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N GRATIAN-VS AVGG 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 Augustorum Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien des augustes auguste.

Reverse


Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-[MANORVM]/ O|F-II/ LVGS.
Reverse description : Gratien debout à droite, tenant le labarum de la main gauche et de la droite, par les cheveux, un captif agenouillé.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).

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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