brm_125800 - VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 367-375
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,98 g.
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Patine vert olive foncé. Beau portrait. Frappe faible. Joli revers
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) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus" (Notre Maître Valens Pieux Heureux Auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE/ A|-/ .ASISC.
Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) marchant à gauche et tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Securitas Rei Publicæ”, (La Sécurité du bien public).
Commentary
Poids lourd.
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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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