Live auction - brm_917869 - VALENS Solidus

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Estimate :	980 €
Price :	1 000 €
Maximum bid :	1 000 €
End of the sale :	04 June 2024 14:57:25
bidders :	5 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: 364

Mint name / Town : Thessalonica

Metal : gold

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 5 h.

Weight : 4,47 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Très joli buste ainsi qu’un revers agréable. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

C.53 - RIC.4 b4 - Dep.27 /2 (3 ex.)

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 : VICTOR-IA AVGG/./ -|- // *TES*.

Reverse description : Valens et Valentinien Ier assis tous les deux de face sur un banc, couronnés et drapés, tenant ensemble un globe ; derrière eux, la Victoire debout de face, les ailes ouvertes .

Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La Victoire des augustes).