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Type: Siliqua
Date: 379
Workshop/City name: Lyon
Metal: silver
Diameter: 17.5 mm
Weight: 1.63 g.
Rarity: R2

Very handsome specimen, well centered, complete on both sides. Beautiful portrait well struck. Reverse of great beauty. Rare.

OBVERSE
Obverse legend: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Obverse description: Bearded, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gratian to the right, seen three-quarters front (A'a); pearl diadem.
Obverse translation: “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Our lord Gratian the pious, happy, august).

REVERSE
Reverse legend: VIRTVS RO-MANORVM/ -|-// LVGPS.
Reverse description: Rome or Virtus (the Virtue) seated facing forward, turned to the left, holding a globe in the right hand and a long scepter in the left.
Reverse translation: “Virtus Romanorum”, (The Virtue/Vigor of the Romans).

Type : Silique
Date : 379
Nom de l'atelier/ville : Lyon
Métal : argent
Diamètre : 17,5 mm
Poids : 1,63 g.
Degré de rareté : R2

Très joli exemplaire bien centré complet des deux côtés. Beau portrait bien venu à la frappe. Revers de toute beauté . 
Rare .

AVERS
Titulature avers : D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG.
Description avers : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Gratien à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Traduction avers : “Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Gratien pieux heureux auguste).

REVERS
Titulature revers : VIRTVS RO-MANORVM/ -|-// LVGPS.
Description revers : Rome ou Virtus (la Virilité) assise de face tournée à gauche, tenant un globe de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche.
Traduction revers : “Virtus Romanorum”, (La virilité des Romains).

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Roman Empire. Gratian (AD 367-383). Siliqua Lugdunum - VIRTVS ROMANORVM

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