Live auction - brm_648170 - VALENS Solidus
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Estimate : | 4 000 € |
Price : | 3 600 € |
Maximum bid : | 3 600 € |
End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 15:25:32 |
bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: octobre
Date: 367
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire, idéalement centré. Buste de toute beauté. La monnaie a conservé une grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALENS - 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 et heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : RESTITVTOR - REIPVLICAE/ -|-// *CONS.
Reverse description : L'Empereur debout de face tourné à droite, diadémé, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum chrismé de la main droite et un globe nicéphore de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Restitutor Reipublicæ”, (Le restaurateur de la République).