Gold Strike!!!!!

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  1. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    I finally own a gold coin. It's another milestone in my collection.
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    VALENS
    AV Solidus
    OBVERSE: DN VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped & cuirassed bust right
    REVERSE: RESTITVTOR REIPUBLICAE, Valens standing right, holding labarum in right hand & Victory on globe in left, cross to left. Mintmark star ANTE star
    Struck at Antioch, 364 AD
    3.6g, 19mm
    Antioch RIC 2d,xxxvii-5

    Flavius Julius Valens Augustus, Eastern Roman Emperor from 364 to 378. Given the eastern half of the empire by his brother Valentinian I after the latter's accession to the throne. Valens, sometimes known as the Last True Roman, was defeated and killed in the Battle of Adrianople, which marked the beginning of the collapse of the decaying Western Roman Empire.

    It's not certain how Valens met his end. "Some have asserted that he was burnt to death in a village where he had retired, which the barbarians assaulted and set on fire. But others affirm that having put off his imperial robe he ran into the midst of the main body of infantry; and that when the cavalry revolted and refused to engage, the infantry were surrounded by the barbarians, and completely destroyed in a body. Among these it is said the Emperor fell, but could not be distinguished, in consequence of his not having on his imperial habit."

    As always, post any of your coins that might even be remotely associated.
     
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  3. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    DA BING GOTS DA BLING!!

    I am very jealous of you because I know what you paid for that coin. What's next amigo? Stealing candy from children? Pencils from the blind?
     
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  4. swamp yankee

    swamp yankee Well-Known Member

    Big congrats Bing! This one was worth waiting for! Bet you're glad you held off too...
     
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  5. ro1974

    ro1974 Well-Known Member

    Congratulations great coin mate:facepalm:
     
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  6. Aidan_()

    Aidan_() Numismatic Contributor

    Congrats Bing! :woot: Tellss us watcha paid precioussss. :D
    Big thumbs up, excellent gold piece!
     
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  7. Jwt708

    Jwt708 Well-Known Member

    Very nice and congratulations on adding goals to the collection. I didn't know about the mystery surrounding how he met his end.
     
    Jwt708, Jul 23, 2015
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  8. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Congratulations!!
     
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  9. Alegandron

    Alegandron "ΤΩΙ ΚΡΑΤΙΣΤΩΙ..." ΜΕΓΑΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ, June 323 BCE

    BIG Milestone! Congrats!
     
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  10. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Thanks all.
     
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  11. Magnus Maximus

    Magnus Maximus Dulce et Decorum est....

    Sweet coin Bing!!!!!!
    So happy for yah!
     
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  12. Magnus Maximus

    Magnus Maximus Dulce et Decorum est....

    Ironically the Western Roman Army was largely spared from the disaster( thanks in part to the able Generals left by Valentinian I)
    Funny how the Eastern army was nearly annihilated and yet the Western Empire fell?:bookworm:

    No, the death blow to the Western Roman army was the back to back civil wars against a "revived" Eastern Roman army at the end of the century.
    The Battle of the Save and Frigidus River were particularly bloody! image.jpg


    Valens AR Argenteus
    2.74 grams

    The Dux Secundae of Moesia who survived Adrianople.
    Magnus Maximus AR Siliquae
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    Hats off to a fine coin, Bing!
    Cheers!!!!!:happy:
     
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  13. Eng

    Eng Senior Eng

    You got to love Gold, something about gold sets it above other the coins, awesome pickup jw, it will be the center piece of your collection now!!!:)
     
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  14. Pishpash

    Pishpash Well-Known Member

    Awesome coin Bing :D
     
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  15. stevex6

    stevex6 Random Mayhem

    I'm calling foul ...... I'm waiting patiently for Martin to come swoopin' in and stop this golden Bing charade!! (where are the cameras? ... am I on candid camera?!!)

    => Bing has scored a golden AV solidus before I did?!!

    :eek:

    ... just jokes, my favourite coin-brother ...

    Congratulations, I love seeing the good guys score a point every now and then!!

    YOU ROCK

    :woot:

    cheers.gif
     
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  16. zumbly

    zumbly Ha'ina 'ia mai ana ka puana

    Nice one, congrats on the milestone purchase!
     
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  17. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    Martin's already taken a look. Nanny nanny na na.

    And you know me. A major cheapskate. So suffice it to say I scored big on this one. So in your face, you Canadian ......(I'll think of something).
     
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  18. chrsmat71

    chrsmat71 I LIKE TURTLES!

    GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLD!

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    i'd be on that solidus like stink on a polecat i tell you what...yeeeeehhhaa!

    that's a fantastic coin bing...dang. :hungry: congrats to u!
    i will get a gold coin some day, have even shopped around a bit.

    does mrs bing know you got that? :shifty:
     
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  19. Mikey Zee

    Mikey Zee Delenda Est Carthago

    Gorgeous coin!!! Congrats Bing, you beat me my a mile....my gold coin is still out there taunting me LOL

    No golden solidus or argenteus...just a tiny Byzantine tremisses.....

    Hmmmm, care to share in your good fortune and tell us the seller:shifty::greedy::playful:
     
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  20. Bing

    Bing Illegitimi non carborundum Supporter

    NO!

    Sorry to say, this particular seller is no longer dealing in Ancients. He consigned all his ancients (not sure where, but I can ask) except three gold Aurei he kept for himself. Then, he offered this one to me at a price I could not refuse just for being a good customer :D (I probably bought 20 coins from him in the past year or so). BTW, he now deals exclusively in Asian coins with an emphasis on Vietnamese Cash coins (I think).
     
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  21. John Anthony

    John Anthony Ultracrepidarian

    Hey folks, next week's private sale will be featuring a solidus of Valens.
     
    John Anthony, Jul 23, 2015
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