Details
LOT 3873
Gratian AE Nummus. AD 367-375. Alexandria mint.
D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX within wreath; ALEΓ(?) below. Cf. RIC IX 13a. Near Very Fine.(1.49gr, 14mm, 11h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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