brm_1027627 - VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
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Type : Nummus, (PB, Æ 3)
Date: 371-376
Mint name / Town : Arles
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Flan un peu court et centré. Usure régulière. Patine vert-gris
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N VALEN-S P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste de Valens diadémé, drapé et cuirassé vu de trois quarts en avant (A').
Obverse translation : "Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus", (Notre seigneur Valens pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE/ -|-// PCON.
Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) marchant à gauche et tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : “Secvritas Reipublicæ”, (La Sécurité de la République).
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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