Argenteus - Valens VOT V MVLTIS X; Nicomedia
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Valens (364-378)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 367-375 |
| Value | Argenteus |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 392351 |
| References | RIC IX# 19C John William Ernest Pearce, Harold Mattingly, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1951. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 9. Valentinian I - Theodosius I (AD 364–395). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.9.nic.19COnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Valens, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N VALENS-P F AVG
Unabridged legend: DOMINVS NOSTER VALENS PIVS FELIX AVGVSTVS
Translation: Our dutiful and happy lord emperor Valens
Reverse
VOT/V/MVLTIS/X within laurel wreath
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VOT
V
MVLTIS
X
Unabridged legend: Votis Quinquennalibus Multis Decennalibus
Translation: vows (prayers) on the fifth anniversary [of the emperors rule], more for his [hoped for] tenth anniversary.
Mint
| SMN | Nicomedia, Bithynia, modern-day İzmit, Turkey |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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