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Siliqua of Valens Coin Type: Silver siliqua of Valens, 364 CE to 378 CE. Chipped edge, double strike, dark toning.
Mint and Date: Lugdunum, officina 1.
Size and Weight: 18mm, 1.8g
Obverse: Diademed, draped bust right.
D N (VALENS PER)P AVG
Reverse: Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum in right hand, and victory on a globe carrying palm branch and wreath in left hand.
RESTITV - TOR REIP
Exergue: •PLVG•
Ref: ?
Provenance: Dug mid way between Shiptonthorpe and Hayton on the A1079 Hull to York road which at this point follows the Roman road, by Stephen Critchley, early 1980s.
BW Ref: 008 025 081
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