453, Lot: 639. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21.5mm, 4.48 g, 12h). Nicomedia mint. Struck AD 368. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed bust left, wearing imperial mantle, holding mappa in right hand, scepter in left / VOTA PV BLICA, Valentinian and Valens seated facing, each nimbate, and holding mappa and short scepter; in exergue, bound captives kneeling facing one another; S-(MN)-M. RIC IX 16(b).6; Depeyrot 22/2; Biaggi 2260. Much luster remaining, tiny mark at edge on obverse. Near EF. Attractive bust type for Valens.

From the Alpine Collection.