Valens, Gold Solidus, Constantinople, AD 367-75
Valens (A.D. 364-378), Gold Solidus. Mint of Constantinople, struck c. A.D. 367-75. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed bust facing left, wearing imperial mantle and holding a mappa and a sceptre, rev. VOTA PV-BLICA, two emperors seated facing, both nimbate and wearing imperial robes, each holding a mappa and a sceptre, two bound captives are crouched below to left and right at their feet, CONS flanked by a star and wreath in exergue, 4.47g., 12h (RIC 29b; Depeyrot 22/2; C 82). Bright surfaces with some minor hairlines, otherwise an attractive bust type, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
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Valens (A.D. 364-378), Gold Solidus. Mint of Constantinople, struck c. A.D. 367-75. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed bust facing left, wearing imperial mantle and holding a mappa and a sceptre, rev. VOTA PV-BLICA, two emperors seated facing, both nimbate and wearing imperial robes, each holding a mappa and a sceptre, two bound captives are crouched below to left and right at their feet, CONS flanked by a star and wreath in exergue, 4.47g., 12h (RIC 29b; Depeyrot 22/2; C 82). Bright surfaces with some minor hairlines, otherwise an attractive bust type, nearly extremely fine and very rare.
