EMPEROR GRATIAN BRONZE AE3_____Ancient Rome_____ENTHRONED HELMETED ROMA

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17S091
FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL BRONZE ROMAN COIN OF EMPEROR GRATIAN FROM 367 - 383 AD .
The eldest son of Valentinian I
THE SIZE IS 18.9 MM AND 2.45 GRAMS.
Sear 4144
OBVERSE – D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Gratian right
REVERSE – VIRTVS ROMANORVM, helmeted Roma enthroned facing, head left, holding globe and spear
Gratian (Flavius Gratianus Augustus) was Roman Emperor from 375 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, during his youth Gratian accompanied his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers. Upon the death of Valentinian in 375, Gratian's brother Valentinian II was declared emperor by his father's soldiers.
In 378, Gratian's generals won a decisive victory over the Lentienses, a branch of the Alamanni, at the Battle of Argentovaria. 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 Battle of Adrianople against the Goths - making Gratian essentially ruler of the entire Roman Empire. He favored Christianity over traditional Roman religion, refusing the divine attributes of the Emperors and removing the Altar of Victory from the Roman Senate.
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