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Numismatics

ID number:  BIRBI-LR0092
Object type:  Coin
Institution:  The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Named collection:  P. D. Whitting Collection
Collector:  Whitting, Philip D.
Maker:  Gratian; Lugdunum
Denomination:  Follis
Place made:  Europe: France, Lyons
Culture:  Late Roman
Date made:  378-383
Metal:  Base Metal
Diameter (cm):  2.29
Weight (g):  4.28
Axis (degrees):  180.00
Provenance:  Whitting 1323.
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Description:  Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Emperor, cuirassed, with crowning Victory on orb in l. hand raising kneeling radiate figure with l. hand.

Inscriptions:  Obverse: D N CRATIA NVS P P ΛVC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: RVPHRATIO RCIPVB (re-establishment of the Republic). Mint mark: LVCS (mint of Lugdunum).

Bibliography:  RIC IX 28a

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Whitting, Philip David
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