Details
LOT 3763
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 367-375. Treveri mint.
D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe with right hand and sceptre with left; TRPS• in exergue. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. Good Very Fine. Toned.(2.23gr, 18mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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