Valens AV Solidus. Constantinople, AD 367. D N VALENS P F AVG, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum inscribed with Christogram and Victory on globe; *CONS(wreath) in exergue. RIC 25(b); Depeyrot 21/2. 4.43g, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Superb portrait, well framed within a full border. Lustrous metal.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 203, 5 March 2012, lot 446 (hammer price: EUR 2,600);
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 317, 27 October 2010, lot 927.