E-auction 72-35098 - brm_248149 - GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 31 € |
| Maximum bid : | 32 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 September 2014 15:50:00 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)
Date: 378-383
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale irrégulier et piqué. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Patine marron granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Gratien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant, tenant une haste transversale de la main droite et de la gauche un bouclier (D'7).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM// (COURONNE)|-// SMNA.
Reverse description : Gratien vêtu militairement, casqué, la tête tournée à droite, debout de face tourné à gauche sur une galère voguant à gauche conduite par la Victoire, tenant le gouvernail ; dans le champ à gauche, une couronne.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des Romains).
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Casque lisse avec plumet. Ptéryges invisibles sous le paludamentum. le bouclier semble décoré.
Type 3 ribbons with pellet-shaped ends. Smooth helmet with plume. Pteruges invisible under the paludamentum. The shield appears to be decorated.
Type 3 ribbons with pellet-shaped ends. Smooth helmet with plume. Pteruges invisible under the paludamentum. The shield appears to be decorated.
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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