★ Extremely Rare Valens Consular Issue Solidus ★

Valens. AD 364-378. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Consular issue. Antioch mint, 9th officina. Struck AD 373. D N VALENS PER F AVG, rosette-diademed, bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in raised right hand and scepter in left / GLORIA RO MANORVM, Valens, wearing imperial mantle, standing facing, holding mappa in raised right hand and transverse scepter in left; staurogram in left field; PANOBΘ. RIC IX 17; Depeyrot 39/1. Lustrous, a few minor scratches. EF. Stunning details. Extremely rare.