455, Lot: 372. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.18 g, 6h). Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck AD 364. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE, Valens standing facing, head right, holding labarum with Chi-Rho banner and crowning Victory on globe; SMNЄ. RIC IX 2c (officina unlisted); Depeyrot 10/2. Light scratches and marks, graffiti in fields. Near VF.

From the J.B. Collection. Ex Davissons 16 (12 March 2002), lot 5.