Ancients
Valens (AD 364-378). AV solidus (23mm, 4.53 gm, 5h). Antioch, AD 364-367. D N VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valens right, bust seen from front / RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE, Valens standing facing in military dress, head right, holding in right hand vexillum emblazoned with staurogram, and in left Victory on globe, •ANTΘ• in exergue. RIC 2(e)xxii. Depeyrot 26/3. Well struck on a broad flan, with a well-modeled portrait and reverse figure. NGC (photo-certificate) AU 5/5 - 3/5. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Stack's (New York, June 1989), lot 322.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD