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ID number: BIRBI-LR0107 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Gratian; Rome Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Italy, Rome Culture: Late Roman Date made: 375-378 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 1.88 Weight (g): 2.30 Axis (degrees): 0.00 Provenance: Haines 2592. Ex Sir Charles Oman Collection, 1949. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed. Reverse: Victory with laurel wreath in r. hand and palm in l. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D II CRΛTIA NVS D C AVC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: SCCVRITAS REIDVBLICAE (security of the Republic). Mint mark: S...□P (mint of Roma).
Bibliography: RIC IX 28b
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