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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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