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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2964632, member: 75937"]Everyone has a Gratian, so I'm puzzled how I missed this zombie thread when it first appeared. I'll join the party and claim I arrived "fashionably late."</p><p><br /></p><p>Gratian trivia: Although used in the obverse legend of this coin, Gratian was the first emperor to drop pontifex maximus from his titulature, for he perceived it as a relic of the pagan age. </p><p><br /></p><p>This one was tough to photograph because of the dark patina. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]726302[/ATTACH] </p><p>Gratian, AD 379-383 </p><p>Roman Æ maiorina (Æ2); 22.6 mm, 5.87 gm, 8:00 </p><p>Siscia, AD 378-383 </p><p>Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right </p><p>Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB, Gratian standing front, head left, raising kneeling female on left, and holding Victory on a globe; in exergue, BSISC• </p><p>Refs: RIC 26a4; LRBC 1519; Cohen 30; RCV 20008.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 2964632, member: 75937"]Everyone has a Gratian, so I'm puzzled how I missed this zombie thread when it first appeared. I'll join the party and claim I arrived "fashionably late." Gratian trivia: Although used in the obverse legend of this coin, Gratian was the first emperor to drop pontifex maximus from his titulature, for he perceived it as a relic of the pagan age. This one was tough to photograph because of the dark patina. [ATTACH=full]726302[/ATTACH] Gratian, AD 379-383 Roman Æ maiorina (Æ2); 22.6 mm, 5.87 gm, 8:00 Siscia, AD 378-383 Obv: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right Rev: REPARATIO REIPVB, Gratian standing front, head left, raising kneeling female on left, and holding Victory on a globe; in exergue, BSISC• Refs: RIC 26a4; LRBC 1519; Cohen 30; RCV 20008.[/QUOTE]
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