286, Lot: 410. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 364. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Valens standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe; SMNЄ. RIC IX 2d.1; Depeyrot 10/2. Good VF, scuff on cheek and edge, light marks in fields, graffiti (“ΛЄ”) in left field of reverse.