CNG 109, Lot: 738. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valens. AD 364-378. AR Argenteus – Pre-reform Siliqua (22mm, 3.17 g, 6h). Quinquennalia issue. Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/·/V in three lines within wreath with large central jewel; CONSB. RIC IX 11h; RSC 87†c; Solidus 19 (23 September 2017), lot 733 (same dies). Good VF, a few light marks. Attractive, well centered strike on a broad flan. Rare.