VALENS
AD 364-378AE3. 2.28g, 18.4mm
MINTED: Aquileia mint, AD 364-367
REF: RIC IX Aquileia 9b, type i(a)OBVERSE: D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
REVERSE: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm branch; A in left field, SMAQP in exergue.
Notes:
Well-centered on compact flan with slightly ragged edges. A few areas of green hoard deposits remaining. Lightly toned reddish copper surfaces - an example of a coin cleaned to the original colour of its metal and appearing close to as it would when it first circulated in ancient times.
Historical Notes:
Valens was made co-emperor by his elder brother Valentinian I, and governed the eastern provinces. He contended ineffectually against the Sassanid empire in the east as well as a flow of Gothic refugees encroaching into Roman territory. This latter affair eventually resulted in a war against a huge confederation of Gothic tribes, Ostrogoths, Huns and Alans. At the disastrous Battle of Adrianople in 378, two-thirds of the eastern Roman army was destroyed and Valens himself killed.
VALENS . AD 364-378 . AE3 . Victory advancing left . Aquileia mint
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