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Nummus - Gratianus SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Rome
| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 375-378 |
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| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Emperor Gratianus facing right, with a pearl diadem visible along the crown of the head. The portrait displays the characteristic late Roman imperial style with a slightly idealized rendering. The obverse legend runs clockwise around the bust, interrupted by the neck truncation. The flan is slightly irregular, as typical of late Roman aes coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A standing figure of Victory (or Security personified) advancing left, wearing a long robe and holding a wreath or standard in the raised right hand and a palm branch or trophy in the left. The reverse legend SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE is distributed in two lines around the figure. The exergue contains the mint mark, denoting the Rome mint officina. The style and execution are consistent with late fourth-century Roman imperial bronze coinage. |
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| Mint | SMR Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476) |
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