brm_665481 - VALENS Silique

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Type : Silique

Date: 364-367

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : silver

Diameter : 13,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,20 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Flan court, centré, fissuré à 3h. Joli revers. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

RIC.9 /10c2 - C.91 var. (6f.) - RSC.91 h - RC.-

Predigree :

Exemplaire de la collection Aymé Cornu

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 : VOT/ V /MV°LT/ X// RB.

Reverse description : dans une couronne.

Reverse translation : "Votis quinquennalibus/ Multis decennalibus", (Vœux pour le cinquième anniversaire et plus pour le dixième),.

Commentary

Poids léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.

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.

VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3) XF

VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3) XF

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VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3) XF

brm_665481 - VALENS Silique

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

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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