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ID:     RIC_IX_16c_Nico
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Valens
Date Ruled:     AD 364-378
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Solidus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 367-375
Weight:     4.43 g
Obverse Legend:     D N VALE_NS AVG
Obverse Description:     Pearl-diademed, draped in imperial mantle, holding mappa and sceptre
Reverse Legend:     VOTA PV_BLICA
Reverse Description:     Two emperors, nimbate, seated facing, both raising mappa in right hand, and holding long sceptre in left; between letters in exergue are captives
Exergue:     S_N_θ
Mint Mark:     S_N_θ
Mint:     Nicomedia
Primary Reference:     RIC IX 016(c)
Reference2:     Depeyrot II, 268, 19/3
Reference3:     Bastien, Donativa 96, a) and note 1
Reference4:     Cohen 86
Photograph Credit:     Hess - Divo AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Source:     www.hessdivo.com
Price Sold For:     3800 Swiss Franc
Date Sold:     1/12/2016
Grade:     EF
Notes:     (1) Auction 331: Lot No. 112 (2) Ex Auction F.R. Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück 273 (2015), 967