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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4983047, member: 56653"]After Constantius II, Valens had some of the most copious coinage minted in his name, including siliquae. Here is a specimen that I think it's interesting:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197207[/ATTACH] </p><p>VALENS (364-378)</p><p>AR17mm 1.91g silver siliqua, minted at Antioch, cca. 369-370.</p><p>DN VALENS<b> -</b> PF AVG; pearl-diademed draped cuirassed bust r.</p><p>VOT / X /MVLT / XX inside a wreath</p><p>ANT•• in exergue</p><p>RIC IX Antioch 34b3, S.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> This issue dates to the end of the 360s, and was issued for the 10 year vota suscepta, marking the anticipation of 10 years of rule by Valentinian and Valens, after a successful vota recepta of 5 years in office (368/9). There were two groups of siliquae struck starting with 367 (the accession of Gratian) or perhaps 369 (the quinquennalia of Valens and Valentinian) and this specimen is part of the first, minted likely just after the quinquennalia celebration. The two groups -- the first one marking both the first 5 years of rule by the senior emperors, Gratian becoming Augustus and the anticipation of his own quinquennalia (cca. 369-372) and the second, struck for the senior emperors's actual decennalia (373-4), both comprise a rather large output of silver coinage, probably struck continuously throughout the period of cca. 367/9-374. Such large and complex emissions lasting consecutively for more than 5 years could be put in relation with the fact that Valens spent much of the period between 370 and 377 in Antioch, making the city his center of power and main mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>This privy mark is noted as scarce though (RIC IX p. 280) and was only used for silver coinage in his name. It is likely possibly with the first Gratian issue or struck soon after the terminus post quem of 367/9, while Valens was still campaigning against the Goths on the Lower Danube or was at Constantinople. This could explain the scarcity of this particular variation relative to the later ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 4983047, member: 56653"]After Constantius II, Valens had some of the most copious coinage minted in his name, including siliquae. Here is a specimen that I think it's interesting: [ATTACH=full]1197207[/ATTACH] VALENS (364-378)[B][/B] AR17mm 1.91g silver siliqua, minted at Antioch, cca. 369-370.[B][/B] DN VALENS[B] -[/B] PF AVG; pearl-diademed draped cuirassed bust r. VOT / X /MVLT / XX inside a wreath ANT•• in exergue RIC IX Antioch 34b3, S. [B]Notes:[/B] This issue dates to the end of the 360s, and was issued for the 10 year vota suscepta, marking the anticipation of 10 years of rule by Valentinian and Valens, after a successful vota recepta of 5 years in office (368/9). There were two groups of siliquae struck starting with 367 (the accession of Gratian) or perhaps 369 (the quinquennalia of Valens and Valentinian) and this specimen is part of the first, minted likely just after the quinquennalia celebration. The two groups -- the first one marking both the first 5 years of rule by the senior emperors, Gratian becoming Augustus and the anticipation of his own quinquennalia (cca. 369-372) and the second, struck for the senior emperors's actual decennalia (373-4), both comprise a rather large output of silver coinage, probably struck continuously throughout the period of cca. 367/9-374. Such large and complex emissions lasting consecutively for more than 5 years could be put in relation with the fact that Valens spent much of the period between 370 and 377 in Antioch, making the city his center of power and main mint. This privy mark is noted as scarce though (RIC IX p. 280) and was only used for silver coinage in his name. It is likely possibly with the first Gratian issue or struck soon after the terminus post quem of 367/9, while Valens was still campaigning against the Goths on the Lower Danube or was at Constantinople. This could explain the scarcity of this particular variation relative to the later ones.[/QUOTE]
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