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Gratian, AE2, Arles. 378-383 AD.
DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / REPARATIO REIPVB, Gratian standing front, head left, holding Victory on globe and raising kneeling female on left. Mintmark PCON.
RIC IX Arles 20a.Antonivs Protti
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RIC.46 Gratian (siliqua, Vrbs Roma)Gratian, western roman emperor (367-383)
Siliqua: Virtvs Romanorvm (367-378 or 378-383, Treves mint)
silver, 16 mm diameter, 1.64 g, die axis: 7 h
A/ D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG; pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
R/ VRBS-ROMA/TRPS in exergue; Roma seating on cuirass, head left, holding globe and spear
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RIC.15 Gratian (AE3, Gloria Novi Saecvli)Gratian, western roman emperor (367-383)
Nummus AE3: Gloria Novi Saecvli (371-376, Arles mint)
bronze, 18.5 mm diameter, 2,46 g, die axis: 12 h
A/ D N GRATIANVS AVGG AVG; pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
R/ GLORIA NO-VI SAECVLI/TCON in exergue; emperor standing facing, head left, holding labarum in right hand and resting left on a shield
Ferrando II 1629 (C4)
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RIC.28a Gratian (siliqua, Virtvs Romanorvm)Gratian, western roman emperor (367-383)
Siliqua: Virtvs Romanorvm (378-383, Aquilee mint)
silver, 18 mm diameter, 1.82 g, die axis: 1 h
A/ D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG; pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
R/ VIRTVS RO-MANORVM/AQPS in exergue; Roma seating on throne, head left holding globe and spear
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RIC.28a Gratian (AE2, Reparatio Reipvb)Gratian, western roman emperor (367-383)
Maiorina AE2: Reparatio Reipvb (378-383, Lyon)
bronze, 22 mm diameter, 4.56 g, die axis: 12 h
A/ D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG; pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
R/ REPARATIO - REIPVB / LVG? in exergue; emperor standing facing left, with right hand raising kneeled turreted woman, and holding Victory on globe in left hand
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103a. Valentinian IIEmperor November 375-May 392.
Son of Valentinian I. Proclaimed emperor by officers at age 4 on death of father. Remained junior augustus in West under Gratian, and the East was governed by his uncle Valens until 378 and Theodosius I from 379. When Gratian was killed in 383, Valentinian II established his court in Mediolanum. In 387, Maximus invaded Italy, and Valentinian fled to Theodosius’s court. After Theodosius defeated Maximus, Valentinian was re-installed in the West. However, Valentinian soon found himself struggling to break free from the control of his magister militum Arbogast. In 392, Valentinian was discovered hanged in his room, either suicide or murder.
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1503a, Gratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D.Gratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D. Bronze AE 3, F, 2.352g, 19.13mm, 0o. Obverse: emperor's diadmed bust right; reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor draging captive, * in left field.
Gratian, son of Valentinian I, became the sole ruler of the Western empire in 375 A.D., and after the catastrophic defeat of the Roman forces at Hadrianopolis the Eastern empire also came under his rule. To better cope with the empire, he elevated general Theodosius to the Eastern throne. Because of a shortage of coinage to meet the payroll, Gratian was abandoned by his troops during the revolt of Magnus Maximus. He was overtaken and killed while fleeing to the Alps.Cleisthenes
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1es Gratian367-383
AE3
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Gratian standing right, holding labarum with Chi-rho on banner, and holding captive by hair, GLORIA ROMANORVM; Q to left, K over P to right, DSISCR in ex.
RIC 14c
Zosimus reports: [T] he emperor Valentinian, having favourably disposed the affairs of Germany, made provisions for the future security of the Celtic nations. . . . Valentinian was now attacked by a disease which nearly cost him his life. Upon his recovery the countries requested him to appoint a successor, lest at his decease the commonwealth should be in danger. To this the emperor consented, and declared his son Gratian emperor and his associate in the government, although he was then very young, and not yet capable of the management of affairs. . . .
When the affairs of the empire were reduced to this low condition, Victor, who commanded the Roman cavalry, escaping the danger with some of his troops, entered Macedon and Thessaly. From thence he proceeded into Moesia and Pannonia, and informed Gratian, who was then in that quarter, of what had occurred, and of the loss of the emperor [Valens] and his army. Gratian received the intelligence without uneasiness, and was little grieved at the death of his uncle, a disagreement having existed between them. Finding himself unable to manage affairs, Thrace being ravaged by the Barbarians, as were likewise Pannonia and Moesia, and the towns upon the Rhine being infested by the neighbouring Barbarians without controul, he chose for his associate in the empire, Theodosius, who was a native of a town called Cauca, in the part of Spain called Hispania Callaecia, and who possessed great knowledge and experience of military affairs. Having given him the government of Thrace and the eastern provinces, Gratian himself proceeded to the west of Gaul, in order, if possible, to compose affairs in that quarter. . . .
While the affairs of Thrace were, thus situated, those of Gratian were in great perplexity. Having accepted the counsel of those courtiers who usually corrupt the manners of princes, he gave a reception to some fugitives called Alani, whom he not only introduced into his army, but honoured with valuable presents, and confided to them his most important secrets, esteeming his own soldiers of little value. This produced among his soldiers a violent hatred against him, which being gradually inflamed and augmented incited in them a disposition for innovation, and most particulary in that part of them which was in Britain, since they were the most resolute and vindictive. In this spirit they were encouraged by Maximus, a Spaniard, who had been the fellow-soldier of Theodosius in Britain. He was offended that Theodosius should be thought worthy of being made emperor, while he himself had no honourable employment. He therefore cherished the animosity of the soldiers towards the emperor. They were thus easily induced to revolt and to declare Maximus emperor. Having presented to him the purple robe and the diadem, they sailed to the mouth of the Rhine. As the German army, and all who were in that quarter approved of the election, Gratian prepared to contend against Maximus, with a considerable part of the army which still adhered to him. When the armies met, there were only slight skirmishes for five days; until Gratian, |115 perceiving that the Mauritanian cavalry first deserted from him and declared Maximus Augustus, and afterwards that the remainder of his troops by degrees espoused the cause of his antagonist, relinquished all hope, and fled with three hundred horse to the Alps. Finding those regions without defence, he proceeded towards Rhaetia, Noricum, Pannonia, and the Upper Moesia. When Maximus was informed of his route, he was not negligent of the opportunity, but detached Andragathius, commander of the cavalry, who was his faithful adherent, in pursuit of Gratian. This officer followed him with so great speed, that he overtook him when he was passing the bridge at Sigidunus, and put him to death. Blindado
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1et Valentinian II373-392
AE3, Nicomedia
Pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust rightt, D N VALENTINIANVS IVN P F AVG
Roma seated on cuirass, holding spear and Victory on globe, VRBS ROMA
The SMN mintmark indicates that the coin was minted in Nicomedia, but RIC does not list this reverse type for that mint.
Sim to RIC 51
Zosimus reports: Valentinian being dead, the tribunes Merobaudes and Equitius, reflecting on the distance at which Valens and Gratian resided, the former being in the east, and the latter left by his father in the western part of Gaul, were apprehensive lest the Barbarians beyond the Ister should make an effort while the country was without a ruler. They therefore sent for the younger son of Valentinian, who was born of his wife the widow of Magnentius, who was not far from thence with the child. Having clothed him in purple, they brought him into the court, though scarcely five years old. The empire was afterwards divided between Gratian and the younger Valentinian, at the discretion of their guardians, they not being of age to manage their own affairs. The Celtic nations, Spain, and Britain were given to Gratian; and Italy, Illyricum, and Africa to Valentinian. . . .
Affairs being thus situated in the east, in Thrace, and in Illyricum, Maximus, who deemed his appointments inferior to his merits, being only governor of the countries formerly under Gratian, projected how to depose the young Valentinian from the empire, if possible totally, but should he fail in the whole, to secure at least some part. . . . he immediately entered Italy without; resistance, and marched to Aquileia. . . . This so much surprised Valentinian, and rendered his situation so desperate, that his courtiers were alarmed lest he should be taken by Maximus and put to death. He, therefore, immediately embarked,and sailed to Thessalonica with his mother Justina, who, as I before mentioned, had been the wife of Magnentius, but after his decease was taken in marriage by the emperor Valentinian on account of her extraordinary beauty. She carried along with her her daughter Galla. After having passed many seas, and arriving at Thessalonica, they sent messengers to the emperor Theodosius, intreating him now at least to revenge the injuries committed against the family of Valentinian. He was astonished at hearing of this, and began to forget his extravagance, and to lay some restraint on his wild inclination for pleasure. . . . Theodosius then delivered to Valentinian as much of the empire as his father had possessed; in which he only acted as he was enjoined by his duty to those who so merited his kindness. . . .
intelligence was brought that the emperor Valentianian was no more, and that his death happened in this manner: Arbogastes, a Frank, who was appointed by the emperor Gratian lieutenant to Baudo, at the death of Baudo, confiding in his own ability, assumed the command without the emperor's permission. Being thought proper for the station by all the soldiers under him, both for his valour and experience in military affairs, and for his disregard of riches, he attained great influence. He thus became so elevated, that he would speak without reserve to the emperor, and would blame any measure which he thought improper. This gave such umbrage to Valentinian. . . .
Eugenius became the sincere friend of Arbogastes, who had no secret which he did not confide to him. Recollecting Eugenius, therefore, at this juncture, who by his extraordinary learning and the gravity of his conversation seemed well-adapted for the management of an empire, he communicated to him his designs. But finding him not pleased with the proposals, he attempted to prevail on him by all the arts he could use, and entreated him not to reject what fortune so favourably offered. Having at length persuaded him, he deemed it advisable in the first place to remove Valentinian, and thus to deliver the sole authority to Eugenius. With this view he proceeded to Vienna, a town in Gaul, where the emperor resided; and as he was amusing himself near the town in some sports with the soldiers, apprehending no danger, Arbogastes gave him a mortal wound. Blindado
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1eu Theodosius379-395
AE4
Pearl diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right, D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG
VOT V MVLT X within wreath, ASISC in ex
RIC 29d
Zosimus recorded: [Valentinian] commanded some legions from the stations in Pannonia and Moesia, to embark for Africa [to crush a rebellion]. On this the Sarmatians and the Quadi. . . , availing themselves, of the opportunity afforded by the departure of the legions for Africa, invaded the Pannonians and Moesians. . . . The barbarians therefore revenged themselves by plundering all the country along the Ister, carrying off all that they found in the towns. The Pannonians were by these means exposed to the cruelty of the barbarians, while the soldiers were extremely negligent in the defence of their towns, and committed as much mischief as the Barbarians themselves in all places on this side of the river. But Moesia was free from harm, because Theodosius, who commanded the forces there, courageously resisted the Barbarians, and routed them when they attacked him. By that victory he not only acquired great renown, but subsequently attained the imperial dignity. . . .
When the affairs of the empire were reduced to this low condition, Victor, who commanded the Roman cavalry, escaping the danger with some of his troops, entered Macedon and Thessaly. From thence he proceeded into Moesia and Pannonia, and informed Gratian, who was then in that quarter, of what had occurred, and of the loss of the emperor [Valens] and his army. Gratian received the intelligence without uneasiness, and was little grieved at the death of his uncle, a disagreement having existed between them. Finding himself unable to manage affairs, Thrace being ravaged by the Barbarians, as were likewise Pannonia and Moesia, and the towns upon the Rhine being infested by the neighbouring Barbarians without controul, he chose for his associate in the empire, Theodosius, who was a native of a town called Cauca, in the part of Spain called Hispania Callaecia, and who possessed great knowledge and experience of military affairs. Having given him the government of Thrace and the eastern provinces, Gratian himself proceeded to the west of Gaul, in order, if possible, to compose affairs in that quarter. . . .
During the stay of the new emperor, Theodosius, at Thesslonica, a great concourse arrived there from all parts of persons soliciting him on business, both public and private; who having obtained of him whatever he could conveniently grant, returned, to their homes. As a great multitude of the Scythians beyond the Ister, the Gotthi, and the Taiphali, and other tribes that formerly dwelt among them, had crossed the river, and were driven to infest the Roman dominions, because the Huns, had expelled them from their own country, the emperor Theodosius prepared for war with all his forces. . . . The army having made this good use of the occasion afforded by fortune, the affairs of Thrace, which had been on the brink of ruin, were now, the Barbarians being crushed beyond all hope, re-established in peace. . . .
Meanwhile, the emperor Theodosius, residing in Thessalonica, was easy of access to all who wished to see him. Having commenced his reign in luxury and indolence, he threw the magistracy into disorder, and increased the number of his military officers. . . . As he squandered the public money without consideration, bestowing it on unworthy persons, he consequently impoverished himself. He therefore sold the government of provinces to any who would purchase them, without regard to the reputation or ablity of the persons, esteeming him the best qualified who brought him the most gold or silver. . . .
Maximus, who deemed his appointments inferior to his merits, being only governor of the countries formerly under Gratian, projected how to depose the young Valentinian from the empire. . . . This so much surprised Valentinian, and rendered his situation so desperate, that his courtiers were alarmed lest he should be taken by Maximus and put to death. He, therefore, immediately embarked,and sailed to Thessalonica with his mother Justina. . . . [A]rriving at Thessalonica, they sent messengers to the emperor Theodosius, intreating him now at least to revenge the injuries committed against the family of Valentinian. . . . The emperor, being delivered from this alarm, marched with great resolution with his whole army against Maximus. . . . Theodosius, having passed through Pannonia and the defiles of the Appennines, attacked unawares the forces of Maximus before they were prepared for him. A part of his army, having pursued them with the utmost speed, forced their way through the gates of Aquileia, the guards being too few to resist them. Maximus was torn from his imperial throne while in the act of distributing money to his soldiers, and being stripped of his imperial robes, was brought to Theodosius, who, having in reproach enumerated some of his crimes against the commonwealth, delivered him to the common executioner to receive due punishment. . . . The emperor Theodosius, having consigned Italy, Spain, Celtica, and Libya to his son Honorius, died of a disease on his journey towards Constantinople. Blindado
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1ew Magnus Maximus383-388
AE2
Diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right, D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG
Emperor standing left, raising kneeling female; mintmarks PCON, SCON and TCON known, REPARATIO REIPVB
RIC 26a
Zosimus reports: While the affairs of Thrace were, thus situated, those of Gratian were in great perplexity. Having accepted the counsel of those courtiers who usually corrupt the manners of princes, he gave a reception to some fugitives called Alani, whom he not only introduced into his army, but honoured with valuable presents, and confided to them his most important secrets, esteeming his own soldiers of little value. This produced among his soldiers a violent hatred against him, which being gradually inflamed and augmented incited in them a disposition for innovation, and most particulary in that part of them which was in Britain, since they were the most resolute and vindictive. In this spirit they were encouraged by Maximus, a Spaniard, who had been the fellow-soldier of Theodosius in Britain. He was offended that Theodosius should be thought worthy of being made emperor, while he himself had no honourable employment. He therefore cherished the animosity of the soldiers towards the emperor. They were thus easily induced to revolt and to declare Maximus emperor. Having presented to him the purple robe and the diadem, they sailed to the mouth of the Rhine. As the German army, and all who were in that quarter approved of the election, Gratian prepared to contend against Maximus, with a considerable part of the army which still adhered to him. When the armies met, there were only slight skirmishes for five days; until Gratian, |115 perceiving that the Mauritanian cavalry first deserted from him and declared Maximus Augustus, and afterwards that the remainder of his troops by degrees espoused the cause of his antagonist, relinquished all hope, and fled with three hundred horse to the Alps. Finding those regions without defence, he proceeded towards Rhaetia, Noricum, Pannonia, and the Upper Moesia. When Maximus was informed of his route, he was not negligent of the opportunity, but detached Andragathius, commander of the cavalry, who was his faithful adherent, in pursuit of Gratian. This officer followed him with so great speed, that he overtook him when he was passing the bridge at Sigidunus, and put him to death. . . .
The reign of Gratian being thus terminated, Maximus, who now considered himself firmly fixed in the empire, sent an embassy to the emperor Theodosius, not to intreat pardon for his treatment of Gratian, but rather to increase his provocations. The person employed in this mission was the imperial chamberlain (for Maximus would not suffer an eunuch to preside in his court), a prudent person, with whom he had been familiarly acquainted from his infancy. The purport of his mission was to propose to Theodosius a treaty of amity, and of alliance, against all enemies who should make war on the Romans, and on refusal, to declare against him open hostility. Upon this, Theodosius admitted Maximus to a share in the empire, and in the honour of his statues and his imperial title. . . .
Affairs being thus situated in the east, in Thrace, and in Illyricum, Maximus, who deemed his appointments inferior to his merits, being only governor of the countries formerly under Gratian, projected how to depose the young Valentinian from the empire, if possible totally, but should he fail in the whole, to secure at least some part. . . . he immediately entered Italy without; resistance, and marched to Aquileia. . . .
Theodosius, having passed through Pannonia and the defiles of the Appennines, attacked unawares the forces of Maximus before they were prepared for him. A part of his army, having pursued them with the utmost speed, forced their way through the gates of Aquileia, the guards being too few to resist them. Maximus was torn from his imperial throne while in the act of distributing money to his soldiers, and being stripped of his imperial robes, was brought to Theodosius, who, having in reproach enumerated some of his crimes against the commonwealth, delivered him to the common executioner to receive due punishment. Such was the end of Maximus and of his usurpation. Having fraudulently overcome Valentinian, he imagined that he should with ease subdue the whole Roman empire. Theodosius, having heard, that when Maximus came from beyond the Alps he left his son Victor, whom he had dignified with the title of Caesar, he immediately sent for his general, named Arbogastes, who deprived the youth both of his dignity and life. Blindado
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511. ValensAfter a brief stay aimed at building his troop strength and gaining a toehold in Thrace, Valens moved out to Adrianople. From there, he marched against the confederated barbarian army on August 9, 378 in what would become known as the battle of Adrianople. Although negotiations were attempted, these broke down when a Roman unit sallied forth and carried both sides into battle. The Romans held their own early on but were crushed by the surprise arrival of Visigoth cavalry which split their ranks.
The primary source for the battle is Ammianus, who is quoted at length by Edward Gibbon (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, XXVI). Valens had left a sizeable guard with his baggage and treasures depleting his force. His right wing, cavalry, arrived at the Gothic camp sometime before the left wing arrived. It was a very hot day and the Roman cavalry was engaged without strategic support, wasting its efforts while they suffered in the heat.
Meanwhile Fritigern once again sent an emissary of peace in his continued manipulation of the situation. The resultant delay meant that the Romans present on the field began to succumb to the heat. The army's resources were further diminished when an ill timed attack by the Roman archers made it necessary to recall Valens’ emissary, Count Richomer. The archers were beaten and retreated in humiliation.
Gothic cavalry under the command of Althaeus and Saphrax then struck and, with what was probably the most decisive event of the battle, the Roman cavalry fled. The Roman infantry was abandoned, surrounded and cut to pieces. Valens was wounded and carried to a small wooden hut. The hut was surrounded by the Goths who put it to the torch, evidently unaware of the prize within. According to Ammianus, this is how Valens perished.
When the battle was over, two-thirds of the eastern army lied dead. Many of their best officers had also perished. What was left of the army of Valens was led from the field under the cover of night by Count Richomer and General Victor.
J.B. Bury, a noted authority on the barbarian invasion of Europe provides specific interpretation on the significance the battle; It was "a disaster and disgrace that need not have occurred."
For Rome, the battle incapacitated the government. Emperor Gratian, nineteen years old, was overcome by the debacle, and until he appointed Theodosius, unable to deal with the catastrophe which spread out of control.
Date: 364-367 AD
Obverse: D N VALEN-S P F AVG, Cuirassed and draped, pearl diademed bust right.
Reverse: RESTITV-TOR REIP, Valens stg. Looking r. holding labarum in r. hand and Victory on globe presenting wreath on emperor on l. hand. TES delta in exergue.ecoli
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513. GratianFlavius Gratianus Augustus (April 18/May 23, 359 - August 25, 383), known as Gratian, was a Western Roman Emperor from 375 to 383. He was the son of Valentinian I by Marina Severa and was born at Sirmium in Pannonia.
On August 4, 367 he received from his father the title of Augustus. On the death of Valentinian (November 17, 375), the troops in Pannonia proclaimed his infant son (by a second wife Justina) emperor under the title of Valentinian II.
Gratian acquiesced in their choice; reserving for himself the administration of the Gallic provinces, he handed over Italy, Illyria and Africa to Valentinian and his mother, who fixed their residence at Milan. The division, however, was merely nominal, and the real authority remained in the hands of Gratian.
The Eastern Roman Empire was under the rule of his uncle Valens. In May, 378 Gratian completely defeated the Lentienses, the southernmost branch of the Alamanni, at the Battle of Argentovaria, near the site of the modern Colmar. Later that year, Valens met his death in the Battle of Adrianople on August 9.
In the same year, the government of the Eastern Empire devolved upon Gratian, but feeling himself unable to resist unaided the incursions of the barbarians, he promoted Theodosius I on January 19, 379 to govern that portion of the empire. Gratianus and Theodosius then cleared the Balkans of barbarians in the Gothic War (377–382).
For some years Gratian governed the empire with energy and success but gradually sank into indolence, occupying himself chiefly with the pleasures of the chase, and became a tool in the hands of the Frankish general Merobaudes and bishop Ambrose of Milan.
By taking into his personal service a body of Alani, and appearing in public in the dress of a Scythian warrior, he aroused the contempt and resentment of his Roman troops. A Roman general named Magnus Maximus took advantage of this feeling to raise the standard of revolt in Britain and invaded Gaul with a large army. Gratian, who was then in Paris, being deserted by his troops, fled to Lyon. There, through the treachery of the governor, Gratian was delivered over to one of the rebel generals and assassinated on August 25, 383.
RIC IX Antioch 46b S
DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG
CONCOR-DIA AVGGGecoli
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515b. Magnus MaximusA Spaniard, Maximus was proclaimed emperor by his troops in 383, while serving with the army in Britain. Later legend made him King of the Britons; he handed the throne over to Caradocus when he went to Gaul to pursue his imperial ambitions.
Following his destruction of Gaul, Maximus went out to meet his main opponent, Gratian, who he defeated near Paris. Gratian, after fleeing, was killed at Lyon on August 25, 383. Soon after, Maximus managed to force Valentinian II out of Rome after which he fled to Theodosius I, the Eastern Roman Emperor. Maximus made his capital at Augusta Treverorum (Treves, Trier) in Gaul. He became a popular emperor, although also a stern persecutor of heretics.
Theodosius I and Valentinian II campaigned against Magnus Maximus in July-August 388. Maximus was defeated in the Battle of the Save, near Emona, and retreated to Aquileia. Andragathius, magister equitum of Maximus and killer of Gratian, was defeated near Siscia, his brother Marcellinus again at Poetovio. Maximus surrendered in Aquileia and although pleaded for mercy was executed. However, his wife and two daughters were spared. Maximus' son, Flavius Victor, was defeated and executed by Valentinian's magister peditum Arbogast in the fall of the same year.
What happened to his family is not related, although it is clear that they survived and that his descendants continued to occupy influential posts. We encounter a possible daughter of Magnus Maximus, Sevira, on the Pillar of Eliseg, an early medieval inscribed stone in Wales which claims her marriage to Vortigern, king of the Britons. Another daughter was possibly married to Ennodius, proconsul Africae (395). Their grandson was Petronius Maximus, who was another ill-fated emperor, ruling in Rome for but 77 days before he was stoned to death while fleeing from the Vandals on May 24, 455. Other descendants included Anicius Olybrius, emperor in 472, but also several consuls and bishops such as St. Magnus Felix Ennodius (Bishop of Pavia c. 514-21).
Magnus Maximus AE-4
Obv: MM right, DN MAG MAXIMVS PF AVG; Reverse: SPES ROMANORVM, campgate with two turrets and star above. Coin is nice VF for this small issue. ecoli
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CONCORDIA AVGG, Antioch, RIC 45aGRATIAN, A.D. 367-383 Æ 3. Rev. CONCORDIA AVGG, Roma seated facing, head left, holding globe and spear, ΘΦK in field, ANTB in exergue, mint of Antioch. 3 g 18 mm RIC 45aPodiceps
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GLORIA ROMANORVM, RIC 14c(xxxiv) SisciaGRATIAN, A.D. 367-383. Æ 3. 18mm, 2.9g; Rev. GLORIA ROMANORVM, Gratian advancing right dragging captive and holding labarum, FRR in field, ΔSISCE in exergue. RIC 14c(xxxiv) SisciaPodiceps
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Gratian Gratian Siliqua
DN GRATIANVS P F AVG
VRBS - ROMA, Roma holding Victory.
2.10g
Trier mint, 367-375 AD.
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Gratian 367 - 383 ADBronze AE 3 (19 mm) 3.0 gram
Obverse: Bust Right
Reverse: Constantinopolis seated holding globe and spear_12.50
Antioch
RIC 45a Gratian, AE3, 17mm, Antioch. 378-383 AD. DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / CONCOR-DIA AVGGG, Roma, helmeted, seated facing, head left, holding globe and spear, the lower part of which is hidden by robe, left leg bare. Theta (Q) in left field, phi (F)over K in right field. Mintmark ANT delta. RIC IX Antioch 45a. Antonivs Protti
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Gratian AE3 (GLORIA ROMANORVM, RIC IX 21b) v.1GRATIAN, AD 367-383
AE3 (18.37mm, 2.51g, 6h)
Struck AD 375-378. Siscia mint
Obverse: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Gratian right
Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, emperor advancing right, dragging captive with right hand and holding labarum in left; P|S/P in fields, ΔSISCA in exergue
References: RIC IX 21b, subtype xlvb; RCV 20066
A rare subtype with pleasant brown surfaces and good detail.
From the collection of Commodore Daniel Turner (1794-1850), naval veteran of the War of 1812 and later captain of the USS Constitution.
The son of a naval officer, Daniel Turner (born 1794, Staten Island, New York) began his own career in the United States Navy as a midshipman on January 1, 1808, at the age of fourteen. Following brief duty at the New York Naval Station, he served aboard the USS Constitution on the North Atlantic Station. On June 17, 1810, he transferred to the frigate President and remained there until June 1812, when he was ordered to Norwich, Connecticut to command the gunboats there. On March 12, 1813, Turner received his commission as a lieutenant.
On March 14, two days later, Turner was sent to Sackett's Harbor, New York, located on the shores of Lake Erie. There, he took command of Niagara, a brig in Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron. However, just before the Battle of Lake Erie, he relinquished command to Captain Jesse D. Elliott and assumed command of Caledonia. The little brig played an important role in the battle on September 10, 1813, because, at one point in the action, her two 24-pounder long guns were the only ones in Perry's flotilla capable of returning the distant fire of the three heaviest Royal Navy ships then in the process of pounding Perry's flagship Lawrence. For his part in the American victory at Lake Erie, Lt. Turner received the praise of Perry, a vote of thanks and a medal from Congress, and a sword from the state of New York.
In the summer of 1814, Turner succeeded to the command of schooner Scorpion, and he cruised Lakes Erie and Huron in her supporting army operations around Detroit and blockading British forces at the Nottawasaga River and Lake Simcoe. On September 6, 1814, Turner and his command were captured by the British when he brought Scorpion alongside the former American schooner Tigress which, unbeknownst to him, had been captured a few days earlier. After a period of imprisonment at Fort Mackinac, Lt. Turner returned to the United States in exchange for a British prisoner of war.
Between 1815 and 1817, Turner cruised the Mediterranean in the frigate Java commanded by his old superior on the Great Lakes, Oliver Hazard Perry. During that deployment, Java visited Algiers and Tripoli in a show of American naval strength calculated to impress the Barbary pirates and intimidate them into honoring their treaties with the United States. In 1817, Java returned to Newport, Rhode Island, to be laid up.
Between 1819 and 1824, Turner returned to sea in the schooner Nonsuch attached to a squadron commanded again by Oliver Hazard Perry. In addition to hunting West Indian pirates, his ship sailed up the Orinoco River to carry Perry on a diplomatic mission to the Venezuelan government under Simon Bolivar. During the return downriver, Perry and many of the crew contracted yellow fever. Turner was close at hand when his mentor died at Trinidad on August 23, 1819. During the remaining years of Turner's assignment to Nonsuch, his ship worked along the east coast of the United States, patrolled in the West Indies to suppress piracy, and made a brief cruise to the Mediterranean in 1824.
Following shore duty at Boston, Massachusetts, Turner returned to sea in 1827 for a three-year assignment with the West India Squadron, as the commanding officer of Erie. In 1830, he came ashore again for three years at the Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Promoted to captain on March 3, 1835, Turner spent a long period waiting orders before returning to sea in 1839 in command of USS Constitution. He sailed the Pacific Squadron in "Old Ironsides," until he was relieved in 1841. From 1843 to 1846, he commanded the American squadron which operated along the Brazilian coast. From that duty, he reported ashore again as Commandant, Portsmouth Navy Yard.
Captain Daniel Turner died suddenly on February 4, 1850 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he was buried in Greenmount Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.
(Adapted and compiled from the Foster History and the USS Constitution Museum websites)
In addition to being a competent naval commander, Daniel Turner was also a keen coin collector, and during his career he accumulated a large collection of nearly three hundred ancient coins, which he stored in a wooden chest along with his own handwritten labels. In 2015, 165 years after the Commodore's death, the Turner descendants consigned this collection to Cowan’s Auction house of Cincinnati, Ohio.CPK
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GRATIAN AE3 RIC 26C, Gloria RomanorvmOBV: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right
REV: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Gratian, with labarum, dragging captive right by the hair, TES in ex.
1.5g, 18mm
Minted at ThessalonicaLegatus
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Gratian AE3, Gloria Novi Saeculi (RIC Arles 15.xi.c)Arles mint, third officina, 367-375. 18 mm, 1.62 g, 0º.
Obverse: D N GRATIANVS AVGG AVG Gratian, draped and cuirassed, with pearl diadem, looking right.
Reverse: GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI Emperor, holding labarum in right hand, resting left hand on shield. N in left field.
Exergue: TCON
Reference: RIC IX Arles 15 type xi.c
Unusual obverse legend. This reverse type was only minted at Arles.Manuel
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Gratian Siscia RIC 14cGratian, Siscia, 367 - 383 AD, 17mm, 3.04g, RIC IX pg 147, 14c
OBV: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
REV: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Gratian standing right, holding labarum inscribed with Chi-rho and holding captive by hair,
M in left field, star over P to right, ΔSISC in ex.
SRukke
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Gratian Soldier Dragging CaptiveRoman AE3 Emperor GRATIAN, AD 367-383
OBV: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG, pearl-diademed draped & cuirassed bust right
REV: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor walking right with head turned back while grasping bound captive at the top of the head with right
hand and holding labarum RIC 14SRukke
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Gratian Victory RSECVNDA RIC 24cGratian, AE3, Rome, RIC IX 24c type X(a),
OBV: DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG, Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right
REV: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm R SECVNDA in exergue
SRukke
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Gratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D.Gratian. AD 367-383. AR Siliqua (18mm, 1.80 g, 6h). Siscia mint. Struck AD 378-383. DN GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/XV/MVLT/XX in four lines within wreath; SISCPS
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Gratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D.Gratian. AD 367-383. AR Siliqua (18mm, 1.80 g, 6h). Siscia mint. Struck AD 378-383. DN GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/XV/MVLT/XX in four lines within wreath; SISCPS
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Gratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D.SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE, Victoria with wreath and palm advancing l.
struck for Valentinianus I, Valens, Gratian, Valentinianus II. Here probably Gratian
struck in Alexandria 4th officina
15 mm 2.92 gramsNiclas E
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Gratian, AD 367-383Æ18, 2.7g, 12h; Thessalonica mint, AD 367-375
Obv.: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor forcing barbarian to kneel, labarum (Chi-Rho standard) in left, star left, star / A right // TES
Reference: RIC IX Thessalonica 26(c), p. 178, mint mark xvii, p. 169. Scarce. 16-359-10
John Anthony
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Gratian, AD 375-383AE3, 17mm, 2.2g, 1h; Siscia mint, AD 367-375
Obv.: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG; Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: GLORIA RO-MANORVM; Emperor advancing right, with right hand dragging captive and holding labarum in left. In left field Q, in right field star, K // ΔSISCR
Reference: RIC IX Siscia 14c (p. 147) mint mark xxvii (p. 142).
Notes: sold to Aleg, 9/15John Anthony
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Gratian, AD 375-383AE4, 14mm, 0.91g, 12h; Heraclea mint, AD 378-383.
Obv.: DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG; diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in wreath // SMHB.
Reference.: RIC IX Heraclea 20a (p. 196), Scarce.
Notes: eBay sale, 3/12/15, philip914, 33.John Anthony
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Gratian, AD 375-383Æ17, 2.2g, 12h; Siscia mint, AD 367-375
Obv.: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG; Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE; Victory advancing left, holding wreath & palm / star / P-M // ΓSISC
Reference: RIC IX Siscia 15c (p. 147) mint mark xvii (p. 141), Rare. 16-351-15
John Anthony
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Gratian, AE2 Siscia mint, 2nd officina
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, diademed and draped bust right
REPARATIO REIPVB, BSISC at exergue
4.89 gr
Ref : Cohen # 30, LRBC # 1512Potator II
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Gratian, AE2 (367-383 AD)Obverse: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG. Helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust rightwith spear and shield
Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor standing left on galley piloted by Victory, wreath left
dotSMNA
22mm; 3.4g; 12h; Nicomedia mint
RIC.IX.25a2T.MooT
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Gratian, AE20, Arles. 364-367 AD. Gratian, AE20, Arles. 364-367 AD. DN GRATIANVS AVGG AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / GLORIA NO-VI SAECVLI, Emperor standing facing, head left, holding labarum in right hand and resting left hand on shield. OF-III across fields. Mintmark CON. RIC IX Arles 15, type xii(c); Sear (1988) 4141.
RIC 15 type xii(c) Antonivs Protti
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Gratian, AE3 Minted in Siscia, 3rd officina
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, Draped, cuirassed and diademed bust right seen from front
GLORIA RO MANORVM, Gratian advancing right, dragging captive and holding labarum. Gamma SISC at exergue, M in left field, * and F in right field
2.6 gr
Ref : RC #4142 v, Cohen # 23 v, SUP/TTB
RIC IX, Siscia 14c, type XVI, rated C, struk 24 aug. 367 - 17 nov. 375.Potator II
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Gratian, AE3, 17mm, Antioch. 378-383 AD. DN GRATIA-NVS PF AVG, pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / CONCOR-DIA AVGGG, Roma, helmeted, seated facing, head left, holding globe and spear, the lower part of which is hidden by robe, left leg bare. Theta (Q) in left field, phi (F)over K in right field. Mintmark ANT delta. RIC IX Antioch 45a. Antonivs Protti
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Gratian, AE3, GLORIA ROMANORVMAE3
Gratian
Augustus: 367 - 383AD
Issued: 367 - 338AD
18.0 x 16.0mm
O: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG; Diademed (pearls), draped and cuirassed bust, right.
R: GLORIA ROMANORVM; Gratian advancing right, dragging captive and holding labarum.
Exergue: D, right field; (Star)BSISC, below line.
Siscia Mint
Aorta: 382: B3, O3, R8, T8, M13.
J.Sanders 1990 2/3/17Nicholas Z
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Gratian, CONCORDIA AVGG, Roma seated, Antioch, 378-383 AD, scarceRIC IX Antioch 45a, S
2.7g / 18mm _1348Antonivs Protti
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Gratian, CONCORDIA AVGGG, Roma seated, Thessalonica, 379-383 AD, scarceRIC IX Thessalonica 39a, S
2.7g / 18mm _500
Antonivs Protti
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Gratian, Cyzicus RIC IX-18aAE3
Cyzicus mint, 378-383 A.D.
18mm, 1.87g
RIC IX-18a
Obverse:
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse:
CONCORDIA AVGGG
+ in left field
SMK Δ
Roma, helmeted, seated facing, head right, holding partly seen spear and globe.Will J
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Gratian, RIC 015c SisciaObverse: DN GRATIANVS P F AVG diademed draped and cuirassed bust right
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advacing left, holding wreasth and palm. R in left field
*ASIS IN EX. AE3 20.03 MM., 2.6 g. NORMAN K
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Gratian, RIC 14cDN GRATIANVS PF AVG
GLORIA ROMANORVM
AE3, 18mm, 2.10g
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Emperor walking right holding labarum and dragging captive, N left, */ Monogram / O right
ΔSISA in ex.novacystis
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Gratian, RIC 14c , SisciaGratian AE3
Obverse: D N GRATIAN P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Gratian standing right, holding labarum inscribed with Chi-ro and holding captive by hair. S in left field and D in right field.
SISCE in ex. Siscia mint, 18.1 mm, 2.6 g.NORMAN K
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Gratian, RIC 14c var., SisciaGratian AE3
Obverse: D N GRATIAN P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Gratian standing right, holding labarum inscribed with Chi-ro and holding captive by hair. S in left field and D in right field.
SISCE in ex. Siscia mint, 17.7 mm, 2.6 g.
NORMAN K
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Gratian, RIC 22a CyzicusGratian AE4
Obverse: D N GRATIA NVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: VOY XX MVLT XXX within wreath.
SMKA in ex. Cyzicus mint, 15.8 mm, 1.5 g.NORMAN K
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Gratian, RIC 31a2, SisciaObv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: VOT VX MVLT XX
4 lines within laurel wreath
Exe: BSISC
Date: 375-378 AD
Denom: Ae4
Rated "R2"
Bluefish
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Gratian, RIC IX 14c xvii, SisciaObv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor advancing right holding labarum and dragging captive.
Exe: gamma SISC. "M" in field left, */P in field right
Date: 367-375 AD
Denom: Ae3
Bluefish
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Gratian, RIC IX 14c xxxv, SisciaObv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM
Emperor advancing right holding labarum and dragging captive.
Exe: delta SISCA. S/* in field left, C/symbol in field right
Date: 367-375 AD
Denom: Ae3
Rated "C"Bluefish
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Gratian, RIC IX 27c, ThessalonicaObv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Bust: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE
Victory advancing left holding palm branch.
Exe: TES. "Z" in field left, "A" in field right.
Date: 367-375 AD
Denom: Ae3
Rated "S"Bluefish
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Gratian, RIC IX Lyons 21b, type xxvi(a) (or xxvii(a))Lyons mint, Gratian, 367-383 A.D. AE, 17mm 2.50g, RIC IX Lyons 21b, type xxvi(a) (or xxvii(a))
O: DN GRATIAN-VS PF AVGG AVG, pearl diadem, draped, cuirassed, bust right
R: SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, with (see col D) in hand, OF over S in left field, I in right
Ex: LVGP or LVGP dot
casata137ec
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Gratian, solidus, RIC 9 Trier 17 (g) (in sliver)Obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGG, Two emperors seated facing, together holding a globe. Behind and between them the upper portion of a Victory with outspread wings; between and below, a palm-branch
Exe: TROBT
Mint: Trier
Date: 367-375
Ref: RIC 9 Trier 17 (g)
Modern style.
Dr. Ilya Prokopov's Fake Ancient Coin Reports
ancientone
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Gratian, Thessalonica RIC IX-26c.xviiAE3
Thessalonica mint, 367-375 A.D.
18mm, 2.89g
RIC IX-26c.xvii
Obverse:
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse:
GLORIA ROMANORVM
* / * B
TES
Emperor advancing right, with right hand dragging captive and holding labarum in left.Will J
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Gratian, VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated, Antioch, 378-383 ADRIX IX Antioch 50b
2.0g / 18mm _953 Antonivs Protti
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Gratian, VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated, Antioch, 378-383 AD RIX IX Antioch 50b 2.0g / 18mm _953 soldAntonivs Protti
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Gratian- Siscia RIC 14c type XXVobv: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG
rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM
Q in left field, */ R / O in right field
[delta]SISCA in exergue
RIC Siscia 14c type XXV
EF
Deep green glossy patina, detail is phenomenal!wolfgang336
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N114Roman Empire Coin. AE3 of Gratian. Aquileia Mint. AD 367-375. Obv: Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gratian, right / D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Rev: Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm, with star right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE; SMAQS mintmark. RIC IX Aquileia 12C/18b.
Ex-Robert Iliano Collection, USA (June 2023)Sebastian H2
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REPARATIO - REIPVB, RIC IX 43(a) RomeGratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D. Bronze AE 2, RIC IX 43(a), aVF, Rome mint, 4.937g, 22.2mm, 180o, 9 Aug 378 - 25 Aug 383 A.D.; obverse D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse REPARATIO - REIPVB, emperor standing facing, head left, right hand raising kneeling turreted woman, Victory on globe in left, SMRP in ex. Ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps
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REPARATIO REIPVB, SCON in ex. ArlesGRATIAN, A.D. 367-383 Æ 2. 24mm, 4.2g. Rev. REPARATIO REIPVB, Gratian standing left raising kneeling female figure and holding Victory on globe. SCON in exergue. Mint of Arles. Podiceps
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REPARATIO REIPVB, SMTES in ex. RIC IX 37(a), ThessalonicaGratian, 24 August 367 - 25 August 383 A.D. Bronze AE 2, RIC IX 37(a), Thessalonica mint, 4.836g, 25.4mm, 180o, 9 Aug 378 - 25 Aug 383 A.D.; obverse D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse REPARATIO REIPVB, emperor standing half left, raising kneeling turreted woman with right hand and holding Victory on globe in left,“Δ” in right field, SMTES in ex. Ex FORVM, photo credit FORVMPodiceps
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RIC 9, p.147, 14c, Gratianus, Emperor, captiveGratianus (AD 367-383)
Siscia Mint
Obv: DN GRATIANVUS P F AVG, Bust of Gratian, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right
Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVUM, Emperor advancing right, dragging captive with right hand and holding labarum in left, M/(*/P)//ΓSISC
RIC 9, p.147, 14c / Kankelfitz 5
shanxi
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Ae4, Siscia, LRBC 1539, 378-383 ADObv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: VOT XV MVLT XX
Votive legend within wreath.
1.9 gm, 14. mm, Exergue: BSISC
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, 367 - 383 A.D. Nicomedia mint. Gratian, 367 - 383 A.D. Nicomedia mint. Bronze AE 2, 4.29g, 24.1mm, VF. Obv: pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG. Rev: emperor standing facing, head left, right hand raising kneeling turreted woman, Victory on globe in left. REPARATIO - REIPVB. Ex: SMNB. Ref: RIC 27(a). RARE
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Ae2, Siscia, RIC 26(a) (C), LRBC 1519, 378-83 ADObv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Pearl diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB
Gratian standing left, holding Victory and raising kneeling female figure.
5 gm 22.3 mm Exergue: BSISC•
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Ae3, Aquileia, RIC 32(a) (S), LRBC 1068, 375-78 ADObv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Pearl diademed and draped bust, right.
Rev: CONCORDIA AVGGG
Roma seated facing, head left, holding globe and upside down spear, left leg bared.
2.6 gm 17 mm Exergue: SMAQP
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, AE3, GLORIA_NOVI_SAECVLI
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Roman Empire, Gratian, AE3, Sicia - Jochen's GratianGratian 367 - 383, son of Valentinian I
AE - AE 3, 2.15g, 18.2mm
Siscia 5. officina, 367 - 375
obv. DN GRATIANVS PF AVG
bust draped and cuirassed, pearl-diademed head r.
rev. GLORIA RO - MANORVM
Emperor in military dress walking r., head to l., in l. hand labarum
and with r. holding down kneeling captive
field: l. F, r. R above hooked A
exergue: delta SISC VE(compound)
RIC IX, Siscia 14(c) type xxxv var., unrecorded!; C.23
about VF
From Forum Ancient Coins, thanks!
This is the coin, Wolfgang referred to. It should have in l. field
R above hooked R. In this constellation unrecorded!Jochen
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Roman Empire, Gratian, AE3, Sicia - Wolfgang's Gratianobv: DN GRANTIANVS PF AVG
rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM
F in l. field
R / A in rt. field
[delta] SISCVF- Siscia Mint
This combination of field marks is not listed in RIC, however another example of this coin from different dies was sold by Forum.
Forum Example: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/Coins/03309z00.jpgwolfgang336
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Ae3, Thessalonica, RIC 9 - Unlisted for 27 (c) xxii, 367-375 AD.Obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
Diadened and draped bust, right.
Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVPLICAE
Rev: Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm.
2.3 gm, 17.5 mm, Exergue: star over gamma/TES/wreath
Comment: Only 90% sure of exergue and right field marks so will not display in Unlisted Theme Gallery.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Antioch (ANTA), AD 367-383 Obv: DNGRATIA-NVSPFAVG
Rev: Roma Seated with Globe and Spear,
VIRTVS ROMANORVM
RIC IX 50
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, AR siliqua
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Constantinople - RIC IX 52aGratian AE2
obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Diad., helmeted, dr. & cuir. bust right holding spear and shield.
rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM. Emperor standing in galley piloted by Victory
Struck 378-383 A.D. at Constantinople
RIC IX 52a
Van Meter 37
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Roman Empire, Gratian, Nicomedia - UnlistedObv:D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust left
Rev: GLORIA RO-MANORVM
Gratian advancing right with labarum & dragging captive
SMNB in ex.
17mm 1.9 gm
unlisted left bustOWL365
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Roman empire, Gratian, RIC 015c SisciaObverse: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm. D in left field
ASIS in ex. Siscia mint. 20.01 mm, 2.7 g.NORMAN K
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Roman empire, Gratian, RIC 14c , SisciaGratian AE3
Obverse: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Gratian standing right, holding labarum inscribed with Chi-ro and holding captive by hair. S over dot in left field and B over hooked A in right field.
delta SISCE in ex. Siscia mint, 18.1 mm, 2.6 g.NORMAN K
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, RIC 37aGratian
AE2
Thessalonica Mint. 379-383 A.D.
Obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG - Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB - Gratian standing, facing, holding hand of kneeling woman to feet an Victory on a globe to left. "B" in right field.
Exergue: SMTES
Ref: RIC 37a. Cohen 30.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, RIC Nicomedia 39aGratian
AE4
Nicomedia Mint. 378-383 A.D.
12mm. 1.00g.
Die Alignment: 185 degrees
Obv: DN GRATIA(dot)NVS PF AVG - Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT/XX/MVLT/XX - wreath surrounding legend.
Exergue: SMNA
Ref: RIC IX Nicomedia 39a var. Cohen 77var. Sear '64-4046var. VM 53var.
Notes: Unlisted obverse legend with dot. Superb little coin. Appears a lot better in hand. Thank you to Helvetica for helping to attribute this coin.
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Solidus, RIC 17g C.38 4.49 grams
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ROMAN EMPIRE, Gratian, Thessalonica - RIC IX 31 (type xxxviii)Gratian AE3
obv: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM. Emperor advancing right, dragging captive and holding standard.
left field: Vx
right field *B
exergue: TES
Struck 367-375 A.D. at Thessalonica
RIC IX 31 (type xxviii)
Van Meter 43
Note: Mint/field marks not 100% certain
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ROMAN EMPIRE, GRATIAN. AE2 of Cyzicus. Struck c.A.D.379 - 383Obverse: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust of Gratian, holding spear in his right hand, facing right.
Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM. Gratian standing facing, head right, on galley sailing left with Victory at the helm: in left field, wreath; in exergue, SMKA.
RIC IX : 14a
SCARCE*Alex
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ROMAN EMPIRE, GRATIAN. AE3 of Arles, Struck A.D.367-375Obverse: D N GRATIANVS AVGG AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gratian facing right.
Reverse: GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI. Gratian standing facing, head left, holding labarum and leaning on shield; in exergue, TCON.
Diameter: 17.9mm | Weight: 2.9gms.
RIC IX : 15
This unusual type, unique to Gratian, was only struck at one mint, Arles (Arelate). By this time Arelate had been renamed Constantina by Constantine I. The city was probably renamed in connection with Constantine II's elevation to Caesar in A.D.317, particularly since Constantine II was born there.
The AVGG AVG in the obverse legend probably alludes to Gratian's right to the succession. The question of his succession arose because, according to Ammianus Marcellinus, when Valentinian I lay ill and had not named a successor, the soldiers planned on raising a candidate of their own choosing. Valentinian, however, recovered and quickly raised Gratian to the position of Augustus to ensure his dynastic position. The reverse inscription indicates that Gratian is destined to fulfill the Messianic prophecy of the Sibylline books, to bring in a golden era of justice and plenty.*Alex
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Struck A.D.367-375. GRATIAN. AE3 of ArlesObverse: D N GRATIANVS AVGG AVG. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gratian facing right.
Reverse: GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI. Gratian standing facing, head left, holding labarum and leaning on shield; in exergue, TCON.
Diameter: 17.9mm | Weight: 2.9gms.
RIC IX : 15
This unusual type, which is unique to Gratian, was only struck at one mint, Arles (Arelate) which had been renamed Constantina at this time.
The AVGG AVG in this unusual obverse legend alludes to Gratian's right to the succession. The question of his succession arose because, according to Ammianus Marcellinus, when Valentinian I lay ill and had not named a successor, the soldiers planned on raising a candidate of their own choosing. Valentinian, however, recovered and quickly raised Gratian to the position of Augustus to ensure his dynastic position. The reverse inscription indicates that Gratian is destined to fulfill the Messianic prophecy of the Sibylline books, to bring in a golden era of justice and plenty.*Alex
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Struck A.D.379 - 383. GRATIAN. AE2 of CyzicusObverse: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG. Helmeted, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gratian facing right, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left.
Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORIVM. Gratian, his head turned right and right hand raised, standing facing left on galley sailing left with Victory at the helm. In left field, wreath; in exergue, SMKΔ.
RIC IX : 14a.
SCARCE*Alex
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VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Antioch RIC 50aGRATIAN, A.D. 367-383 Æ 3. Rev. VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated facing, head left, holding globe and spear, ANTA in exergue, mint of Antioch. 2.3 g 19 mm RIC 50a Podiceps
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