Nummus - Gratianus GLORIA ROMANORVM; Siscia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Gratian (367-383)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	367-375
Value	Nummus / Follis (1⁄180)
Currency	Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	2.26 g
Diameter	17.5 mm
Thickness	1 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 42926
References	RIC IX# 14c John William Ernest Pearce, Harold Mattingly, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1951. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 9. Valentinian I - Theodosius I (AD 364–395). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.9.sis.14C Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right

Script: Latin

Lettering: D N GRATIANVS P F AVG

Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Gratianus Pius Felix Augustus.

Translation: Our Lord Gratian pious and successful emperor.

Reverse

Gratian walking right, holding labarum and dragging captive.
Letters in left and right fields.
Officina and mintmark in exergue.

Scripts: Latin, Greek

Lettering: GLORIA RO-MANORVM

Unabridged legend: Gloria Romanorum.

Translation: To the Glory of the Romans.

Mint

SIS	Siscia, modern-day Sisak, Croatia

Comments

The bust on the obverse is of Emperor Gratian, however the ruling authority behind this coin was actually Valentinian I. In summer 367, Valentinian became ill at Civitas Ambianensium (Amiens), raising questions about his succession. On recovery, he presented his then eight-year-old son Gratian to his troops on 24 August, as his co-augustus (r. 367–383), for political reasons. Indeed there exists a
Solidus of Valentinian I showing Valentinian and Gratian on the reverse. When his father died on 17 November 375, Gratian inherited the administration of the western empire. As this coin was minted from AD 367 to 375, it actually reflects Valentinian I's administration, as Gratian was a child of 8 to 14years old.

Curiously, most of these Siscia (Croatia) minted coins were found in hoards in Great Britain, as a result of the Great Conspiracy. The Great Conspiracy was a year-long state of war and disorder that occurred in Roman Britain starting in 368. Valentinian paid his reinforcement troops sent to Britannia to suppress the revolt with this type of coins, where they were later circulating in great numbers.

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Date		Frequency
Undetermined
ND (367-375)	2nd Officina (D, *BSISC; Subtype xi)	7%
ND (367-375)	2nd Officina (R, *BSISC; Subtype x)	5%
ND (367-375)	3rd Officina (D, *ΓSISC; Subtype xi)	5%
ND (367-375)	3rd Officina (D, ͼΓSISC; Subtype xii)	1.9%
ND (367-375)	3rd Officina (M*F, ΓSISC; Subtype xvi)	19%
ND (367-375)	3rd Officina (M*P, ΓSISC; Subtype xvii)	7%
ND (367-375)	3rd Officina (S D, ΓSISC; Subtype xiii)	6%
ND (367-375)	3rd Officina (S*D, ΓSISC; Subtype xiv)	4%
ND (367-375)	3rd Officina (S*F, ΓSISC; Subtype xv)	1.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (●*RO, ΔSISC; Subtype xx)	8%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (●M*P, ΔSISC; Subtype xviii)	15%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (₢*RO, ΔSISCR; Subtype xxiv)	3%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (FAƙ, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxxiii)	3%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (FDƙ, ΔSISCE; Subtype xiiii)	0.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (FDP, ΔSISCE; Subtype xliv(a))	0.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (FƙA, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxxiv)	0%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (FRƙ, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxxv)	5%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (G CP, ΔSISCA; Subtype xli)	0%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (GCẢ, ΔSISCA; Subtype xlii)	0%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (M*P, ΔSISC; Subtype xvii)	11%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (M*RO, ΔSISCR; Subtype xxiii)	0.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (Q*K, ΔSISCR; Subtype xxvii)	6%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (Q*RO, ΔSISCR; Subtype xxv)	1.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (QAƙ, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxx)	0.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (QKP, ΔSISCR; Subtype xxix)	1.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (QƙA, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxxi)	1.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (QƙK, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxxii)	0.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (S●CẢ, ΔSISCA; Subtype xxxviii)	0%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (S●Cƙ, ΔSISCA; Subtype xxxix)	0.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (S●CP, ΔSISCA; Subtype xl)	0.9%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (S●RẢ, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxxvii)	5%
ND (367-375)	4th Officina (S●Rƙ, ΔSISCE; Subtype xxxvi)	0%

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