brm_1112183 - VALENS Nummus
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Type : Nummus
Date: 364
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,09 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. 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 maître Valens pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SECVRITAS - REIPVBLICAE/ -|-// BSISC.
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la gauche.
Reverse translation : "Securitas Reipublicae", (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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