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LOT 3456
Gratian AE Nummus. AD 367-383.
Antioch mint; struck AD 378-383. 1st officina. D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVGGG, Roma helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; Θ to left, Φ over K to right, ANTA in exergue. RIC IX 45a; LRBC 2699. Good Very Fine.(2.79gr, 18mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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