Nummus - Valens SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, S - ● in crescent; Lugdunum
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Valentinian I (364-375)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 367-375 |
| Value | Nummus / Follis (1⁄180) |
| Currency | Solidus, Reform of Constantine (AD 310/324 – 395) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 2 g |
| Diameter | 17.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 430419 |
| References | RIC IX# 21A (xxia) 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.lug.21AOnline Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Valens, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: D N VALEN-S P F AVG
Unabridged legend: Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus.
Translation: Our Lord Valens, pious and successful emperor.
Reverse
Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm.
Letter in left field. Dot in crescent in right field.
Mintmark and officina in exergue.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
SECVRITAS-REIPVBLICAE
S - ● in crescent
Unabridged legend: Securitas Reipublicae.
Translation: Security of the Republic.
Mint
| LVG | Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413) |
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (367-375) | 1st Officina (LVGP; Subtype xxia) | ||||||||||||||
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