Gratian. AD 367-383. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.55 g, 5h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 378-383. D N GRATIA NVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR IA AVGG, Gratian and Valentinian enthroned facing, each with right hand on globe between them; above, Victory facing with wings spread; palm between; TESOB. RIC IX 34a; Depeyrot 34/1; Biaggi –. Lustrous, a few very minor marks on obverse. Superb EF.
From the Willamette Valley Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell Inventory 54487 (April 2021); Pierre Bastien Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 111, 24 September 2018), lot 261; H. Platt Hall Collection (Glendining, 16 November 1950), lot 2072 (hammered for $7750).