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ID number: BIRBI-LR0081 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Gratian; Treveri Denomination: Solidus Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Late Roman Date made: 367-375 Metal: Gold Diameter (cm): 2.11 Weight (g): 4.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1191. A. H. Baldwin, March 1963. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: two emperors, draped, enthroned, both holding an orb with their r. hand, between them a cross with two pellets, between their feet a palm branch, behind them a Victory.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CRATIANVS P F AVG (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VICTOR IA AVCC (Victory of the Augusti). Mint mark: TROBC (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 17g
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