E-auction 610-587537 - VALENS Nummus
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Type : Nummus
Date: 367-375
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,50 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Très beau droit presque SUP. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALEN-S P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Valens à droite, avec cuirasse et paludamentum, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre Seigneur Valens Pieux et Heureux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE// SM(COEUR)RT.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Reipublicae", (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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