VALENS (364-378). Siliqua. Constantinople.

Obv: D N VALENS P F AVG.
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: VOT / XX / MVLT / XXX / CON C M.
Legend in four lines within wreath.

RIC 42bis.1.

J.W.E. Pearce (RIC IX, p. 203) resolves the strange mint signature as "Comit(atensis) M(ilitia) or M(oneta)". The "vota" legend also appear unusual. This coin was probaly struck by a military mint, during the last Valens' campaign against the Goths, which ended with the death of the emperor in the battle of Hadrianople

Condition: Good very fine.

Weight: 2.01 g.
Diameter: 19 mm.