v21_3803 - GRATIAN Miliarense
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 550.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 555.00 €
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
Realised price : 550.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 555.00 €
Type : Miliarense
Date: 375-378
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,18 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, irrégulier, échancré. Flan fendu à 7 heures au droit. Joli revers. Patine foncée de collection ancienne. Flan légèrement cristallisée
Catalogue references :
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VIRTV[S] - EXERCITVS// TRPS.
Reverse description : Gratien debout de face, la tête tournée à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant un labarum chrismé de la main droite et appuyé de la gauche sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Virtus Exercitus”, (La Virilité de l’armée).
Commentary
Les auteurs du Roman Imperial Coinage signalent un exemplaire passé dans une vente Glendining de mai 1931.
The authors of the Roman Imperial Coinage report a example passed through a Glendining sale in May 1931
The authors of the Roman Imperial Coinage report a example passed through a Glendining sale in May 1931
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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