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ID number: BIRBI-LR0112 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Gratian; Siscia Denomination: Follis Place made: Europe: Croatia, Sisak Culture: Late Roman Date made: 378-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.29 Weight (g): 5.46 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Whitting 1275. |

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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 r. hand.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D N GRATIA HVS P A ΛVG (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: RAPΛRΛTIO ΠEIPVB (re-establishment of the Republic). Mint mark: B SISC (2 Siscia).
Bibliography: RIC IX 26a
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