brm_092638 - VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Item sold on our e-shop (2009)
Price : 70.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2009)
Price : 70.00 €
Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 367-375
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,80 g.
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique patine vert olive foncé. Revers légèrement stylisé
Catalogue references :
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 : GLORIA RO-MANORVM// TES.
Reverse description : Valens debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum chrismé de la main gauche et de la main droite les cheveux d'un captif agenouillé.
Reverse legend : G
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La gloire des romains).
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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