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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4877672, member: 56653&quot;]Got a really small lot of 3 AE3 late 4th to early 5th century bronzes with a nice sandy look that are rather common but are such a pleasure to look at:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178092[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Gratian (367-383)</i></p><p><i>AE3 18mm 2.43g reduced centenionalis, minted at Antioch, cca. 380(?)</i></p><p><i>DN GRATIA - NVS PF AVG; pearl-diademed draped cuirassed bust r.</i></p><p><i>Roma seated front, head left, holding globe in her right hand, and holding partly-seen reversed spear with he left hand; θ in left field, φ over K in right field.</i></p><p><i>ANTA in exergue</i></p><p><i>cf. RIC IX Antioch 45a, S -- officina A is not listed in RIC for entry 45a.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1178096[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Valentinian II (375-392)</i></p><p><i>AE3 18mm 2.33g reduced centenionalis, minted at Antioch, cca. 380(?)</i></p><p><i>DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG; pearl-diademed, draped cuirassed bust r.</i></p><p><i>Roma seated front, head left, holding globe in her right hand, and partly-seen reversed spear with her left hand, left leg bare; θ in left field, φ over K in right field. </i></p><p><i>ANTB in exergue</i></p><p><i>RIC IX Antioch 45b, C</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Besides the obvious eye appeal, there is also another aspect that is particularly pleasing about these two specs: they are both 1) struck during the same issue, possibly if not that same day maybe days from each other and 2) they were spent and kept afterwards together up to this day. The Gratian spec seems to be scarcer and unlisted, I haven&#039;t seen another example in Nummus Bible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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