E-auction 11-2555 - brm_092649 - VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 32 € |
| Maximum bid : | 32 € |
| End of the sale : | 27 June 2013 15:30:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 370
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,44 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Patine vert d’eau. Joli revers avec une marque d’atelier très intéressante
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// MSISCB.
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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