Description: Gratian (367 - 383 AD). AE3 Aquileia mint 367-375 AD. D N GRATIANVS P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / FELICITAS ROMANORVM; Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left; SMAQS in ex.

Diameter: AE19 mm

Weight: 2,34 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: Paolucci & Zub 716; RIC 16c

Commentary: very rare; middle green patina with some roughness and breaks

History: The male line of the Valentinian dynasty ended with Gratian in 383 AD and his half-brother, Valentinian II, 9 years later but through the duaghter of Valentinian I, Galla, the dynastic line reached to Placidia - the wife on emperor Olybrius.

Article Number: 010-01-04-45261