v21_3810 - GRATIAN Nummus incus, (PB, Æ 3)
MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Nummus incus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 367-375
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia (Sisak) ?
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Weight : 2,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle avec une magnifique patine vert jade. Beau portrait
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N GRATIANVS 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 : INCUS.
Commentary
Poids léger. Les frappes incuses sont rares au IVe siècle. Normalement, d’après le style, ce nummus est attribuable à l’atelier de Siscia.
Lightweight. Incuse strikes are rare in the 4th century. Normally, based on the style, this nummus is attributable to the Siscia mint.
Lightweight. Incuse strikes are rare in the 4th century. Normally, based on the style, this nummus is attributable to the Siscia mint.
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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