Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 5h). Decennalia issue. Antioch mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 374(?).Electronic Auction 484 Roman Imperial, Gold Sold For $ 950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 5h). Decennalia issue. Antioch mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 374(?). Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Roma and Constantinopolis, with right foot on prow and holding scepter in left hand, enthroned facing, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT/X/MVL/XX in four lines; Christogram above; ANOBΔ. RIC IX 16d.1; Depeyrot 38/3 (dated AD 372). Light toning, traces of deposits in devices, light scrapes on obverse, evidence of having been placed in a bezel. Good VF. |