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Siscia RIC 7a of Valentinian I

Valentinian I AE3. D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, diademed draped & cuirassed bust right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left, holding wreath & palm, .DSISC in ex. Cohen 37.

Lot No.1940. 17mm.

$ 35.

Flavius Valentinianus was a general under Jovian and succeeded him in 364 AD, He spent his reign defending the empire's fronteirs from barbarian incursions and died in 375 AD from a stroke said to have been caused by his rage at some insolent barbarian he was meeting with.