v21_3792 - VALENS Silique

MONNAIES 21 (2004)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
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Type : Silique

Date: 366-367

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 17 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 1,73 g.

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Beau portrait. Flan étroit, légèrement échancré à 12 heures. Jolie patine de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

C.88 var. (4f.) - RIC.13 d4 - RSC.88 b (135£) - RC.- - MRK.156 /28 var. (180€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N VALENS - 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 heureux auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VOT/ V// C.B.

Reverse description : Légende en deux lignes dans une couronne.

Reverse translation : “Votis quinquennalibus”, (Vœux pour le cinquième anniversaire).

Commentary

Poids léger.

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

25.00 €

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VALENS Demi-maiorina ou nummus AU

VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3) XF

30.00 €

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VALENS Nummus, (PB, Æ 3) AU/XF

35.00 €

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v21_3792 - 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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