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ID number: BIRBI-LR0127 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: Gratian; Nicomedia Denomination: Follis Place made: Eurasia: Izmit Culture: Late Roman Date made: 378-383 Metal: Base Metal Diameter (cm): 2.27 Weight (g): 4.20 Provenance: Whitting 1327. |

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Description: Obverse: Bust of Gratian, facing r. draped, cuirassed, diademed, helmeted, with spear in r. hand and shield in l. hand. Reverse: Emperor on ship raising r. hand, behind him a Victory.
Inscriptions: Obverse: D I VRΛTITIΛ ...IΛ D F AVC (our lord Gratian pious fortunate Augustus). Reverse: CLORRIΛ RO MANORUM (glory of the Romans). Mint mark: …NN T (Nicomedia 3).
Bibliography: RIC IX 25a var.
Notes: Mint mark displays Γ instead of A or B
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