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ID number: BIRBI-LR0105 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gratian; Rome Denomination: Siliqua Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Late Roman Date made: 378-383 Metal: Silver Diameter (cm): 1.85 Weight (g): 1.89 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 1421. W. S. Lincoln, 1932. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Roma, enthroned, holding crowning Victory on globe in r. hand and spear in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N CRATIA NVS P F AVC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: VRBS ROMA (the city of Rome). Mint mark: R[star]T (mint of Roma).
Bibliography: RIC IX 35a
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