brm_936372 - VALENS Double maiorina, (GB, Æ 1)
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Type : Double maiorina, (GB, Æ 1)
Date: 364
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,50 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 8,14 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Agréable monnaie bien centré des deux côtés. Usure superficielle. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
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 PVBLICAE/ -|-// SMN[...].
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).
Commentary
Officine incertaine.
Historical background
VALENS
(03/28/364-08/9/378)
Valens, after having been proclaimed august by his brother, receives the charge of governing the East. Since Decius, he is the first emperor killed in battle by the Goths in Adrianople, August 9, 378.
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