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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2200362, member: 44132&quot;]I finally own a gold coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s another milestone in my collection.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]428546[/ATTACH] </p><p>VALENS</p><p>AV Solidus</p><p>OBVERSE: DN VALENS PER F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped &amp; cuirassed bust right</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; RESTITVTOR REIPUBLICAE, Valens standing right, holding labarum in right hand &amp; Victory on globe in left, cross to left. Mintmark star ANTE star</p><p>Struck at Antioch, 364 AD</p><p>3.6g, 19mm</p><p>Antioch RIC 2d,xxxvii-5</p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;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. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not certain how Valens met his end. &quot;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.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As always, post any of your coins that might even be remotely associated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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