Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1769. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VALENS. 364-378 AD. AR Argenteus (3.70 gm, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck 364-367 AD. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/V in two lines within wreath; CONSPG. RIC IX 11c var. (mintmark); RSC 87†c var. (same). EF, darkly toned, a few scattered light marks. Very rare issue, and an unrecorded officina. ($1500)