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ID number: BIRBI-LR0085 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gratian; Treveri Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Trier Culture: Late Roman Date made: 375-378 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.88 Weight (g): 1.89 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 246. W. S. Lincoln, 1920. |
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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, enthroned, holding spear with l. hand and crowning Victory on orb in r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N GRATIA NVS R Π ΛMC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VRBS ROMA (the city of Rome). Mint mark: TRPS· (mint of Treveri).
Bibliography: RIC IX 46b
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