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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 3229864, member: 10613&quot;]This is only the second example that I have seen, but there are doubtless more unnoticed ones floating around.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin from Valens has an obverse legend that is only attested for gold and silver issues in RIC. The obverse reads D N VALENS PER F AVG, so instead of the normal P F, which is translated as PIVS FELIX, this coin has a legend that seems to be PERPETVVS&nbsp; FELIX.</p><p><br /></p><p>The field marks Θ, Φ, Κ are not even recorded for Valens, only later when Gratian was a ruler. See RIC 49 for an example from workshop B with the same field markings for Gratian (one example noted).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin must have been struck shortly before the death of Valens at the battle of Adrianople in August of A.D. 378.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Valens</p><p>A.D. 364-375</p><p>16x18mm&nbsp; 2.7gm</p><p>D N VALENS PER F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.</p><p>SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm branch; Φ over Θ in left field, K in right field.</p><p>In ex. ANTA</p><p>RIC IX Antioch –</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]843183[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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