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v11_0512 - VALENS Solidus

VALENS Solidus XF
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 426.86 €
Realised price : 320.14 €
Number of bids : 13
Maximum bid : 396.37 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 364-367
Mint name / Town : Bithynie, Nicomédie
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait. Flan large et complet. Trace ancienne de monture. Flan légèrement gratté
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).
Obverse translation : (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 : (Le restaurateur de la République).

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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