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Rome AD 364-367 AR siliqua 1.67 g 1.62 cm 1.62 cm 6h
obverse: hd Valens r diademed, draped and cuirassed D N VALENS P F AVG
reverse: wreath VOT V MV LT X, RB
RSC V 91h
Munthandel G Henzen List May 1993 247
Valens 328 (Cibalae, Pannonia), 364-378 Eastern provinces
younger brother Valentinianus I 364-375
Campaigning against the Goths on the Danube frontier and against the Persian menace in the East
376 Visigoths (pressed by the Huns) allowed to settle on Roman territory
Goths, badly treated by the Romans, revolted and devastated the countryside of Moesia and Thrace
378 Valens advanced against the barbarians. Roman army degeated, the emperor slain.
294 siliqua 3.39 g introduced by Diocletianus 284-305
357 siliqua 2.25 g reduced by Constantius II 337-361
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