Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2020 Auction 5-6 Aug 2020
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VALENS, A.D. 364-378. AV Solidus (4.48 gms), Antioch Mint, 9th Officina, A.D. 372. NGC MS, Strike: 5/5 Surface: 4/5.
RIC-16d; Depeyrot-38/3. Obverse: D N VALENS PERF AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Roma and Constantinopolis, with foot upon prow and holding scepter, seated facing on throne, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT / X / MVL / XX in four lines; Christogram above; ANOBΘ. Incredibly bold and with a razor sharp strike, this brilliantly lustrous specimen does not display any evidence of being handled and stands as a an excellent representation of the type.
From the Glacier Rams Solidi Collection.
Estimate: $2000.00- $2500.00
RIC-16d; Depeyrot-38/3. Obverse: D N VALENS PERF AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Roma and Constantinopolis, with foot upon prow and holding scepter, seated facing on throne, holding between them a shield inscribed VOT / X / MVL / XX in four lines; Christogram above; ANOBΘ. Incredibly bold and with a razor sharp strike, this brilliantly lustrous specimen does not display any evidence of being handled and stands as a an excellent representation of the type.
From the Glacier Rams Solidi Collection.
Estimate: $2000.00- $2500.00