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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 2880301, member: 75937&quot;]Thanks in advance for help. From a bulk lot. Pretty sure it&#039;s Valens, because I can make out [...] ALEN on the left and there is just enough smudges on the right to be consistent with [SPFAVG]; moreover, the portrait looks like Valens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exergue is TESΓ without any dots; no stars, wreaths, etc. in the field on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s RIC ix, p. 176, 16b, but it seems a bit small and underweight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Could I be misattributing the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]690250[/ATTACH]</p><p>Valens (?), AD 364-378</p><p>Roman AE centennionalis (?); 16.4 mm, 1.52 gm</p><p>Thessalonica, AD 364-367 (?)</p><p>Obv: [DN V]ALEN-[SPFAVG], diademed, draped [and cuirassed?] bust, right</p><p>Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor advancing right, with right hand dragging captive and holding labarum in left; in exergue, TESΓ</p><p>Refs: RIC xi, p. 176, 16b (?), Cohen 11 (?), RCV 19748 (?)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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