E-auction 51-21964 - brm_116061 - VALENS Demi-maiorina, (PB, Æ 3)

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Estimate :	145 €
Price :	71 €
Maximum bid :	78 €
End of the sale :	07 April 2014 15:30:30
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Demi-maiorina, (PB, Æ 3)

Date: 364

Mint name / Town : Sirmium

Metal : copper

Diameter : 19,00 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 3,20 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 1re

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage. Très beau portrait. Joli revers. Magnifique patine vert olive foncé

Catalogue references :

RIC.6 b1 - C.29 - LRBC.1628 - RC.- - MRK.156 /36 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N VALEN-S P F AVG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Valens à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a).

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valens pieux heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : RESTITV-TOR REI P// ASIRM.

Reverse description : Valens de bout de face, tourné à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant de la main droite le labarum chrismé et de la gauche, un globe nicéphore.

Reverse translation : “Restitutor Rei Publicæ”, (Le restaurateur du bien public).