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                 Choice Roman Votive AR Siliqua of VALENS
                             Item # 1303196591
                Coins:Coins: World:Ancient:Roman: Imperial

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Coin was minted at Antioch during the reign of Valens, who was the younger
brother of Valentinian I. He ruled in the East from 364-378, and much of
his reign was spent campaigning against the Goths on the Danube frontier
and countering the Persian menace in the East. In 376 AD, the Visigoths,
hard pressed by the Huns, sought permission to cross the Danube and settle
in Roman territory. This was granted, but they were treated so badly by the
Romans that they broke into revolt, devestating the countryside of Moesia
and Thrace. Valens advanced against the barbarians, but in a great battle
fought near Hadrianopolis on August 9, 378 AD, the Roman army was
anihilated and the emperor himself slain. The obverse of this piece depicts
the rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valens facing right,
with legends D.N.VALENS.P.F.AVG. The reverse features the legends
VOT.X.MVL.XX. within a wreath, with mint/oficina mark ANT followed by a
crescent in the exergue. Coin grades a choice Near EF, with bold devices
and legends all around, and attractive surfaces. It is even nicer in hand
than it appears in the scan. A choice example of the type, catalogued as
RIC-33b(2), and listed as scarce. All coins guaranteed genuine without
limitations. Buyer pays postage/insurance, coin shipped on clearance of
funds. Pennsylvania residents please add appropriate sales tax. Shipments
to Italy must be by Registered Mail, and are made at the buyer's risk.
Member ANA. Thanks, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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