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RIC IX Sirmium 9A

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 378–AD 383

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Solidus in gold struck at Sirmium under Valentinian II, AD 378–AD 383, catalogued as RIC IX Sirmium 9A. Obverse: Bust of Gratian, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right.

Reverse: Two emperors, of whom the one on the right is the smaller, seated facing on throne, together holding globe. Behind and Between them a Victory with outspread wings; below, a palm-branch. The emperors have both legs draped. Obverse legend: D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG. Reverse legend: VICTOR-IA AVGG.

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Historical context

Sirmium, situated on the Sava river in the province of Pannonia, became a provincial capital and was proclaimed one of the four capitals of the Roman Empire in 293 AD. Following the death of Valentinian I in 375, his eldest son Gratian shared rule of the Western Roman Empire with his infant half-brother Valentinian II, who was acclaimed emperor in Pannonia at the age of four. Valentinian II remained the junior western co-ruler to Gratian until Gratian was killed in 383 by the usurper Magnus Maximus.

Physical characteristics

Material
Gold
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Solidus

Technical characteristics

Mint
Sirmium
Issuing authority
Valentinian II

Design

Obverse type
Bust of Gratian, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right
Reverse type
Two emperors, of whom the one on the right is the smaller, seated facing on throne, together holding globe. Behind and Between them a Victory with outspread wings; below, a palm-branch. The emperors have both legs draped
Obverse legend
D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG
Reverse legend
VICTOR-IA AVGG

Identification

How to identify
RIC separates types by mint and officina marks, obverse legend and bust form, and reverse legend and type; check the exergue and field marks against the RIC number before accepting a match.
Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.9.sir.9A
Catalogue reference
RIC IX Sirmium 9A
Type corpus identifier
ric.9.sir.9A
Source note
The type record is Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE), the American Numismatic Society's digital edition of Roman Imperial Coinage.

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