Live auction - brm_678804 - VALENS Solidus

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	720 €
Maximum bid :	750 €
End of the sale :	07 September 2021 16:00:46
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: octobre

Date: 367

Mint name / Town : Nicomedia

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,35 g.

Rarity : R3

Officine: 5e

Coments on the condition:

Bel exemplaire sur un flan centré, très légèrement voilé. Usure régulière. Joli revers. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

C.32 (25f.) - RIC.2 d6 - RC.4104 (300£) - Dep.18 /3 (4 ex.)

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/ -|-// SMNE.

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).