Triton XVIII, Lot: 1256. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.53 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 364. D N VALEN S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REI PUBLICAE, Valens, in military attire, standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right hand and Victory on globe in extended left; SMNЄ. RIC IX 2c (officina unlisted); Depeyrot 10/2; DOC –; Hunter 59 var. (officina). Superb EF, small divot on bridge of nose, minor traces of deposits in devices. Rare.