Valens AE-3 from Rome mint

Ooops, I thought this thread was an LRB free-for-all ... I didn't realize that it was a Valens-only party (my bad)

=> well, sadly I only have one very humble "tick that ruler" Valens example




... oh, thank God => it is an LRB toga-party (*phew*)

Nice coins, everybody

 

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It's not a Ae, my point of interest is only Siliquae. This one is a exceptional rarity, struck by the second officina of the mint of Roma, and found in England, declared with the PAS. NotInRic, NotInRsc, I never see another coin of this issue. And take a look on the job of the engravor, "sublime" !



Silique, 364-378, R5
A/ D N VALEN-S P F AVG
Dominus Noster Valens pius Felix Augustus, Notre maître Valens Pieux et Heureux Auguste
Buste à droite, drapé et cuirassé, tête diadémée (Perles).
R/ RESTITV-TOR REIP//RB
Restitutor Reipublicae, Le Restaurateur de la République
L'empereur debout de face tourné à droite, vêtu militairement, tenant le labarum hampe lisse de la main droite et un globe nicéphore de la main gauche.

Commentaires :
Non répertoriée au RIC et au RSC.
Déclarée au PAS le 25/05/2010 (2.2gr, 18mm).

Fiche de la monnaie sur la base Siliquae

 

I am speechless...
That coin is amazing!!!!!!

 

This is a DN GRATIANVS AVG G AVG obverse legend, of which the best known type is GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI rather than DN GRATIANVS PF AVG.


DN GRATIAN - VS AVG G AVG / GLORIA RO - MANORVM / O - F - II / LVGS RIC Lyon 20c xxii b



DN GRATIANVS AVG G AVG / GLORIA NO - VI SAECVLI / TCON / RIC Arles 15 xiv c

(I just noticed this is a thread from 2016, sorry for the faux pas )

 

Here is an illustrated type set of Gratian's AE types:

http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ricix/Gratian.html


This one is one of the rarest.
Gratian
VICTORIA AVGGG
AE4. 14 mm. 6:00. 1.27 grams.
RIC Rome 30 "R4"

 

My only coin minted in Rome after 350 -- and I have only a handful of post-350 ancient coins in the first place, since in general they don't much appeal to me aesthetically -- happens also to be a Valens, although it's not a bronze.

Valens, AR Siliqua, 364-367, Rome Mint. Obv. DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Rev. VOT- V- MV dot LT- X in four lines within wreath. In exergue: Mintmark RB. RIC IX Rome 10c, RSC V 91(h) (ill.). 17 mm., 2.00 g. From 1887 East Harptree hoard.

 

Its not the Rome mint, but..

 

I have this one

 

Anyone know which one this is? What's it worth?

 

It's an AE4 of Constans minted in the 340s (a broad ballpark would be ca. 342-348), not worth much in terms of dollars but interesting in terms of it being a historical artefact.