mgcoins database![](images/TrierS4113_1.69_obv4.png) ![](images/TrierS4113_1.69_rev4.png) Trier AD 367-375 AR siliqua 1.69 g 1.64 cm 1.7 cm 8h
obverse: hd Valens r diademed, Draped and cuirassed D N VALENS P F AVG reverse: Roma seated r holding Victory on globe and sceptre VRBS ROMA, TRPS. RCV '88 4113 Munthandel G Henzen List July 1993 246 vw 224, 152 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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