v11_0514 - VALENS Nummus, (Æ 3)
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 60.98 €
Starting price : 60.98 €
Estimate : 121.96 €
Realised price : 60.98 €
Type : Nummus, (Æ 3)
Date: 370
Mint name / Town : Savie, Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Officine: 1re
Emission: 25e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique patine vert jade. Beau portrait et joli revers
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 : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE/ *R/O|Q// ASISC.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Rei Publicæ”, (La Sécurité du bien public).
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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