- Co 471 (Late Roman bronze coin of Gratian from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 375
- Not before (date)
- 367
- Logical part of
- Area E (north side of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC IX Thessalonica 26c, p. 178
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Numismatic Authority
- Gratian (western emperor, 367-383)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.56
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N GRATIANVS P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Emperor walking right holding labarum and dragging captive, wreath in right field
- Reverse Inscription
- GLORIA RO-MANORVM; in left field, V; in right field, B; in exergue, TES
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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