brm_905605 - VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 367
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 3,48 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, épais et centré. Usure régulière. Patine marron et sable
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre Seigneur Valens Pieux et Heureux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : GLORIA RO-MANORVM// ANTS.
Reverse description : Valens debout à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum chrismé de la main gauche et de la droite les cheveux d'un captif agenouillé.
Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (La Gloire des Romains).
Commentary
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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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