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Live auction - brm_665471 - VALENS Solidus

VALENS Solidus AU
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Estimate : 1 200 €
Price : 790 €
Maximum bid : 831 €
End of the sale : 07 December 2021 15:21:10
bidders : 2 bidders
Type : Solidus
Date: 364
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 4,46 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Valens ainsi qu’un revers bien détaillé. Très beau TTB+. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la vente Vinchon du 24 avril 1996, lot n° 124 et de la collection Aymé Cornu

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N VALENS - PER 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 Perpetuus Felix Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Valens perpétuel heureux auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : RESTITVTOR - REIPVLICAE/ +|-// *ANTA*.
Reverse description : L'Empereur debout de face tourné à droite, diadémé, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum croiseté de la main droite et un globe nicéphore de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Restitutor Reipublicæ”, (Le restaurateur de la République).

Commentary


Monnaie montée anciennement.
Formerly minted coin

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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