Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1081. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GRATIAN. 367-383 AD. Æ Medallion (12.36 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck 378-383 AD. D N GRATIA-NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust facing, head right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated left on throne, shield at side, holding globe in extended right hand and long sceptre in left hand; RT. RIC IX 42a2; Gnecchi II pg. 158, 2 and pl. 140, 7 (same obverse die); Toynbee, pg. 187; Dressel -; BMCREM -; MRV 124; MFA-; Cohen 88. Good VF, brown patina. Very rare. ($2000)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 100, 20 November 2000), lot 623; Münzen und Medaillen 76 (19-20 September 1991), lot 914; Münzen und Medaillen Liste 156 (March 1956), lot 38.