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<p>[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 8267419, member: 73473"]Very nice Goldie of one of my favorite late Roman emperors. After Valentinian burst a blood vessel there weren’t many strong men in the WRE. My favorite story with this guy is during a battle he personally charged up a hill leading his army against a hoard of Germans; what a CHAD. </p><p>see </p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Solicinium" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Solicinium" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Solicinium</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here he is in silver. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1458856[/ATTACH]</p><p>Grade: <b>VF+/EF- black patina, flan crack, small area of damage on obverse 11 o'clock</b></p><p>Material: <b>Silver</b></p><p>Weight: <b>1.91 g</b></p><p>Diameter: <b>19 mm</b></p><p><b>Obverse:</b> D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> VRBS ROMA / R P, Roma seated left holding reversed spear and Victory on globe[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Magnus Maximus, post: 8267419, member: 73473"]Very nice Goldie of one of my favorite late Roman emperors. After Valentinian burst a blood vessel there weren’t many strong men in the WRE. My favorite story with this guy is during a battle he personally charged up a hill leading his army against a hoard of Germans; what a CHAD. see [URL]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Solicinium[/URL] Here he is in silver. [ATTACH=full]1458856[/ATTACH] Grade: [B]VF+/EF- black patina, flan crack, small area of damage on obverse 11 o'clock[/B] Material: [B]Silver[/B] Weight: [B]1.91 g[/B] Diameter: [B]19 mm Obverse:[/B] D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right [B]Reverse:[/B] VRBS ROMA / R P, Roma seated left holding reversed spear and Victory on globe[/QUOTE]
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