Valens, Usurper

CNG 94, Lot: 1094. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valens. Usurper, AD 316-317. Æ Follis (22mm, 2.50 g, 6h). Alexandria mint, 1st officina. IMP C AVR VAL VALENS P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CONSER VATORI AVG, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory and scepter; at feet, eagle with wreath in beak; K-(wreath)/X/A//ALE. RIC VII 19. Fine, earthen dark green patina, hairline flan crack.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64 (17 May 2012), lot 423; Barry Feirstein Collection (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 42, 20 November 2007) lot 199; Malter XXXIV (13 December 1986), lot 879.