v21_3805 - GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
unsold lot

Type : Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)

Date: 378-383

Mint name / Town : Vénétie et Istrie, Aquilée (Aquileia)

Metal : copper

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,33 g.

Officine: 2e

Emission: 4e

Coments on the condition:

Flan ovale et irrégulier. Patine vert jade clair. Beau portrait. Joli revers. Faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes. Frappe légèrement tréflée au revers

Catalogue references :

C.29 var. - RIC.30 a3 (R) - LRBC.1064 - RC. - RICA.722 (R2) - MRK.158 /39 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste de Gratien diadémé, drapé et cuirassé, à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A') ; diadème perlé.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : REPARATIO - REIPVB// SMAQS.

Reverse description : Gratien diadémé et en habit militaire debout à gauche, relevant une femme tourelée, assise et tenant un globe nicéphore.

Reverse translation : “Reparatio Rei Publicæ”, (Le restaurateur du bien public).

Commentary

Poids très léger.

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..

GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia VF

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v21_3805 - GRATIAN Maiorina pecunia, (MB, Æ 2)

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

GRATIAN

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

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