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Valens
Flavius Julius Valens
(AD 328 - 364 - 378)

Valens Securitas Reipublicae
1. Front 2. Back
Bronze Æ 3 - Æ 16-17 mm - 4 grams – Die axis 12:00.
1. [DN VAL]EN-S PF AVG (Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus - Our Lord V. the Pious and Blessed Augustus). Emperor facing right, draped & wearing the double pearled diadem.
2. [SE]CVRIT[AS - RE]IPVBLI[CAE] (Securitas Rei Publicae - Security of the State).
Securitas, draped and winged, advancing leftwards holding laurel wreath in right and palm frond in left hand.
2.b 'SMAQS' SM = Sacra Moneta (Imperial Money), AQ = Aquileia, S = digamma (6th Officina).
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good but worn.
If that is a * in the exergue then the mintmark should be *SMAQS, RIC IX (Aquileia) 9(b) AD 364-367. If it is a pellet, it will be RIC IX (Aquileia) 12(b) AD 367-375.