brm_1046168 - GRATIAN Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 372-375
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,14 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Superbe buste au droit. Joli revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
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 : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE/ -|-// SM(COEUR)RT.
Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Rei Publicæ”, (La sécurité du bien public).
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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