Live auction - brm_820642 - VALENS Solidus

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Estimate :	1 500 €
Price :	1 110 €
Maximum bid :	1 110 €
End of the sale :	25 April 2023 15:49:39
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: 366-367

Mint name / Town : Antioche

Metal : gold

Diameter : 21,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 4,40 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 9e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré. Joli buste finement détaillé. Revers agréable. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

C.31 (25f.) - RIC.2 d - RC.4104 var. (300£) - Dep.27 /3-9 (6 ex.)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N VALENS - PER 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 Perpétuel Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valens perpétuel heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : RESTITVTOR - REIPVLICAE/ -|-// ANT(THÊTA)..

Reverse description : L'Empereur debout de face tourné à droite, diadémé, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum chrismé croiseté de la main droite et un globe nicéphore de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Restitutor Reipublicæ”, (Le restaurateur de la République).