E-auction 656-675971 - VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 370
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 2,79 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale et centré. Très joli buste au droit. Patine verte
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).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valens pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE/ R|-// .ASISC.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Rei Publicæ”, (La Sécurité du bien public).
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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