brm_834112 - GRATIAN Nummus

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Type : Nummus

Date: 378-383

Mint name / Town : Siscia

Metal : copper

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,68 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

RIC.31 a2 - C.75 - LRBC.1539 - RCV.20153 (80$)

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 : VOT/ XV/ MVLT/ XX// ASISC.

Reverse description : dans une couronne en quatre lignes.

Reverse translation : "Votis quindecennalibus/ Multis vicennalibus", (Vœux pour le quinzième anniversaire de règne et plus pour le vingtième à venir).

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_834112 - GRATIAN Nummus

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

GRATIAN

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

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