brm_969266 - VALENS Silique
100.00 €(Approx. 104.00$ | 83.00£)
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Type : Silique
Date: 375-378
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,38 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure régulière. Revers agréable. Patine grise
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valens pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VRBS - ROMA// TRPS..
Reverse description : Rome assise à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (Ville de Rome).
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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