duiding: Het Romeinserijk was verdeeld in een Westelijke en Oostelijke deel. Valens het Oostelijkdeel (verbeeld door Constantinopel op de munt), en Valentinian I het Westelijk deel (Roma op de munt) beide houden een scepter vast. De scepter is de verbeelding van de macht. Het Chi-Ro monogram staat voor het Christendom. De tekst geeft de glorie van het Romeinserijk aan.
Valens geloof was Arian. Wikipedia zegt hierover: "The Arian concept of Christ is that the Son of God did not always exist, but was created by—and is therefore distinct from—God the Father. This belief is grounded in the Gospel of John passage “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I." (John 14:28)[3]"
| Type munt | Solidus | Omschrift voorzijde | DNVALENS PERFAVG | Muntconditie | zeer fraai + |
| Omschrift keerzijde | GLORIA R O MANORVM Exe: ANOBI Schild: VOT/X/MVL/XX |
Datum | oktober 2012 | ||
| Muntplaats | Antiochia | Voorzijde | Diademed (rosettes), draped and cuirassed bust right | Verkoper | |
| Jaartal | zj ca 372 | Keerzijde | Roma and Constantinopolis seated facing, each holding scepter and together holding shield reading VOT/X/MVL/XX; Christogram above. | Bedrag | euro 400 |
| Vorst | Vindplaats | Veiling | onderhands | ||
| Metaal | goud | Schatvondst | |||
| Oplage | Literatuur referentie | RIC 16d (Antiochia), Depeyrot 38/3, C 7 | |||
| Gewicht | 4,38 gram | ||||
| Diameter | 22,30 mm 22,05 mm | ||||
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ROMAN EMPIRE VALENS, 364-378 Solidus, 4,53 g. Antiochia, 367-375. Obverse: D N VALENS – PER F AVG; Bust of Valens r. Reverse: GLORIA – R-O-MANORVM / K AN OBI; Roma, Constantinopolis, wreath with VOT / X / MVL / XX. RIC 276, 16c (mintmark 276, 16d7). |
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bron: Museum of Fine Arts Boston Numismatic necklace. The gold chain has a Herakles knot as a fastener. The pendant of a gold coin (solidus) of Valens has a palmette and dart mount. (Obv.: pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right: DNVALENS PERFAVG; rev.: Valens with Victoria and labarum: RESTITVTORREI PVBLICAE?). Provenance By 1964: with Ars Antiqua AG, Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne (Ars Antiqua auction 5, November 7, 1964, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, lot 159); purchased at the Ars Antiqua auction for MFA by Bank Leu and Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich; January 13, 1965: purchased by MFA from Bank Leu and Co. |
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Valens, 28 March 364 - 9 August 378 A.D. Valens endowed Antioch with a new forum, including a statue of Valentinian on a central column, and he reopened the great church of Constantine, which stood until the Persian sack by Chosroes in 538. SH1294. Gold solidus, RIC IX 16d, EF, Antioch mint, weight 4.50g, maximum diameter 21.0mm, die axis 0o, obverse D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right; reverse GLORIA ROMANORVM, Roma and Constantinopolis helmeted, enthroned, Roma on left facing, Constantinople on right foot on prow looking at Roma, each holds scepter, together they hold a shield inscribed VOT X MVLT XX; SOLD bron |