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VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 07/08/2012 12:19 pm All of my other Valens Victory walking Left coins are in not-so-good shape so when I found this one being offered by one of my favorite sellers I picked it up immediately. The coin is kind of small (16 mm) but still a good one. Valens (364-378 AD) Obv: DN VALENS PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right Rev: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing left and holding wreath and palm, star over F in left field, S in right field, ASISC in ex, Siscia mint Report this Post to the Staff

Bing Pillar of the Community United States 4253 Posts	Posted 07/08/2012 12:24 pm Sometimes these coins can be very nice while others are poorly preserved. Yours looks pretty good and is a nice example. I have one Valens with this Victory reverse, but it's from Alexandria and not as nice as yours: Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/08/2012 12:39 pm Nice looking coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Eng5858 Pillar of the Community United States 1316 Posts	Posted 07/08/2012 2:15 pm I have a few of these, but I notice that this one is very much like yours, the only thing that it doesn't have is S in the right field... Valens...364 AD. star A in left field.. mint..HSISC 18mm x 1.69g Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 6:33 pm Thanks all and nice coins jw and Eng5858, although yours Eng5858, is a Valentinian I and not Valens Edited by VisigothKing 07/09/2012 6:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Biancasdad Pillar of the Community United States 1045 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 6:36 pm The difference is style between the two mints is really amazing. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 8:00 pm It was one of the first things I noticed. Report this Post to the Staff
jessvc1 Pillar of the Community United States 2596 Posts	Posted 07/09/2012 8:58 pm Nice coins I like Victory reverses Report this Post to the Staff
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