E-auction 197-127008 - brm_344098 - VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

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Estimate :	30 €
Price :	20 €
Maximum bid :	30 €
End of the sale :	23 January 2017 14:16:00
bidders :	3 bidders

Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)

Date: 364-365

Mint name / Town : Siscia

Metal : copper

Diameter : 19 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 1,79 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin. Jolie patine vert clair, écaillée au droit

Catalogue references :

RIC.5 bIV - C.11 - LRBC.1291

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 : GLORIA RO-MANORVM/ -|*/A // DBSISC.

Reverse description : Valens debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum chrismé de la main gauche et de la main droite les cheveux d'un captif agenouillé.

Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des romains).