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Live auction - brm_568951 - VALENS Solidus

VALENS Solidus AU
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Estimate : 1 200 €
Price : 782 €
Maximum bid : 788 €
End of the sale : 10 March 2020 15:15:35
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Solidus
Date: 364
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire idéalement centré. Petite trace de monture à 12h au revers mais très belle représentation du revers, finement détaillée. Joli buste. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :

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 Perpetuus Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valens perpétuel heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : RESTITVTOR - REIPVLICAE/ +|-// *ANTI*.
Reverse description : L'Empereur debout de face tourné à droite, diadémé, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum croiseté de la main droite et un globe nicéphore de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Restitutor Reipublicæ”, (Le restaurateur de la République).

Commentary


Exemplaire monté anciennement. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées terminés par un cabochon carré, perlé et gemmé. Fibule gemmée aux extrémités bouletées. Au revers le labarum est orné d’une croix.

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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