Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21.5mm, 4.41 g, 12h). Consular issue. Nicomedia mint. Struck January AD 368.

Triton XXIV
Lot: 1157. Estimated: $ 2 000

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Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21.5mm, 4.41 g, 12h). Consular issue. Nicomedia mint. Struck January AD 368. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in raised right hand and scepter in left / VOTA PV BLICA, Valentinian I and Valens enthroned facing, each nimbate and in consular robes, and holding mappa and scepter; in exergue, two bound captives vis-à-vis; S/(MN)/M. RIC IX 16b.6; Depeyrot 22/2; Biaggi 2268 (this coin); Mazzini 86 var. (officina). Underlying luster, a few light marks, obverse die breaks. EF.

Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA VIII (24 November 2014), lot 170; Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2268; Münzen und Medaillen AG XI (23 January 1953), lot 187.


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