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

Valens Restitutor Reipublicae
1. Front 2. Back
Bronze - Æ 17-19 mm - 1,8 grams - Die axis 12:00.
1. DN VALE-NS PF AVG (Dominus Noster Valens Pius Felix Augustus - Our Lord V. the Pious and Blessed Augustus). Emperor facing right, draped and cuirassed. Wearing double pearly diadem.
2. RESTITV-TOR REIP (Restitutor Reipublicae - Restorer of the State).
Emperor standing full front, facing right, cuirassed and in wearing Paludamentum. Holding Vexillum with the Labarum (Chi-Rho) with right arm. In left arm Victoria on a globe, Victoria is facing the emperor and presenting him with a laurel crown.
2.b 'SMHB' : SM = Sacra Moneta (Imperial Money), H = Heraclea, B = 2nd Officina.
Obv. : Good - Rev. : Good.