I'll admit, if its not anything huge for me like a ruler I've always wanted or a very very attractive coin, and I'm feeling lazy at the times of purchase and arrival, I'll occasionally skip out on posting new pickups. But I've been on the wagon for some time and will be for a while longer, so numismatically I am getting kinda bored, so I thought I'd pick out coins that I've gotten in the past but haven't shared on here and post them over time. Nothing major or super pretty, but at least this will hopefully make this wagon ride a bit more bearable. As a lover of late Roman coinage, I couldn't pass this one up. Sure the high points are a bit roughed-up, but it has a great strike, with clear details for the most part, more specifically the figures of the emperor and the turretted woman, Gratian's robes on the obverse. Itsa nice shade of green, and it has clear well-styled letters (no A's looking like Hs, etc.). And its a pretty nice size (22 mm). Oh yeah, and it was at a price I couldn't refuse. Gratian, Roman Empire (375-383 AD) AE2 Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB, Gratian standing front, head left, raising kneeling female on left, holding Victory on a globe in right hand Mint: Siscia, struck 379-383 AD (mintmark: BSISC) Ref: RIC 26a
Sweet coin, Jango ... I don't have this ruler (yet) => very cool eye-poppin' green patina (good score) ... Victory placing the crown is also very cool
Thanks guys for the compliments and nice coins posted. Another thing I like about it is the style of the portrait. Gratian here looks strong, confident, serious, and just plain "imperial"-looking. And the features of the face and the rest of the portrait are pretty much proportional and normal-looking, as opposed to the more common "cartoony" style of late Roman coin portraits.
Really handsome coin. Was Gratian the first emperor to issue this type? I'm only familiar with it from the Magnus Maximus issues.
