mgcoins database![](images/RomeRSCV91h_1.68_obv4.png) ![](images/RomeRSCV91h_1.68_rev4.png) 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 vw 212, 70 euro
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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