v31_0691 - VALENS Silique
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Silique
Date: 364-367
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Très beau portrait. Joli revers de style fin
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 seigneur Valens pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VRBS - ROMA// RQ.
Reverse description : Rome assise à gauche, tenant un globe nicéphore de la main droite et un sceptre de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Urbs Roma”, (ville de Rome).
Commentary
Poids extrêmement léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Fibule formée de quatre perles.
Extremely lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Brooch made of four beads.
Extremely lightweight. Type 3 ribbons with pelleted ends. Brooch made of four beads.
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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