mgcoins database![](images/CONSPAValensRestReip_2.55_obv4.png) ![](images/CONSPAValensRestReip_2.55_rev4.png) Constantinople AD 364-367 AE AE3 2.55 g 1.69 cm 1.64 cm 6h
obverse: hd Valens r diademed, draped and cuirassed D N VALENS P F AVG reverse: Valens stg h r holding labarum and Victory RESTITVTOR REIP, CONSP A Munthandel G Henzen List Sept 1993 232 vw 247, 18 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.
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