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Live auction - brm_890142 - VALENS Solidus

VALENS Solidus AU
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Estimate : 1 800 €
Price : 1 500 €
Maximum bid : 1 500 €
End of the sale : 05 March 2024 15:09:31
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Solidus
Date: 371-372
Mint name / Town : Trèves
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli buste ainsi qu’un revers finement détaillé. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection Raoul Doranlo (1875-1958), président de la société des antiquaires de Normandie. Avec son étiquette ancienne

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N VALENS - P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadèmé, drapé et cuirassé 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//TR.OB..
Reverse description : Valentinien Ier et Valens 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 ; au sol, une palme.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La Victoire des augustes).

Commentary


Monnaie montée anciennement.

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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