374, Lot: 545. Estimate $300. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.12 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 364. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Valens standing facing, head right, holding labarum with Chi-Rho banner and crowning Victory on globe; SMNЄ. RIC IX 2d.1; Depeyrot 10/2. Near VF, some shallow scratches, flan flaw on reverse.