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brm_566253 - GRATIAN Solidus

GRATIAN Solidus AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 2 350.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 383-385
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,31 g.
Rarity : R3
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Beau buste de Gratien ainsi qu’un joli revers. Fine usure superficielle. Patine de collection
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A. L

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A'c) ; diadème perlé et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus” (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : CONCOR-DIA AVGGGGS/ -|-// CONOB.
Reverse description : Concordia (la Concorde) casquée et drapée assise de face tournée à droite, le pied droit posé sur une proue de navire, tenant un sceptre long de la main droite et un globe de la main gauche ; les accoudoirs du siège sont terminés par des petites têtes de lion.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Augustorum”, (La Concorde des augustes).

Commentary


Georges Depeyrot a recensé un exemplaire pour ce type et cette officine.

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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