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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 3544228, member: 87200&quot;]Gratian was emperor from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian accompanied, during his youth, his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Upon the death of Valentinian in 375, Gratian&#039;s brother Valentinian II was declared emperor by his father&#039;s soldiers. In 378, Gratian&#039;s generals won a decisive victory over the Lentienses, a branch of the Alamanni, at the Battle of Argentovaria. </p><p><br /></p><p>Gratian subsequently led a campaign across the Rhine, the last emperor to do so, and attacked the Lentienses, forcing the tribe to surrender. That same year, his uncle Valens was killed in the famous Battle of Adrianople against the Goths. He favoured Christianity over traditional Roman religion, refusing the office of Pontifex Maximus and removing the Altar of Victory from the Roman Senate.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was procured in the recent [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER] auction. Feel free to post your coins of Gratian or his unfortunate uncle Valens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gratianus AE 2, 379-383</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG - Diademed bust right, draped and cuirassed</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: REPARATIO REIPVB - Gratian standing front, head left, raising kneeling, turreted female holding Victory on a globe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: RIC IX 26a</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint: Siscia</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]942115[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]942116[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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