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with selections from the "HY" Collection

Webauction, 14 December 2025

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Rare Consular Issue

Starting Price: 1000 CHF
Hammer Price:  1200 CHF
Lot 190

Valens, 364-378. Solidus (Gold, 21 mm, 4.53 g, 6 h), consular issue, Nicomedia, January 368. D N VALENS-P F AVG Pearl-diademed, consular bust of Valens to left, holding mappa and short scepter. Rev. VOTA PV-BLICA Two emperors (Valens and Valentinian I) seated facing, each holding mappa and short scepter, the emperor on the left raises his mappa; in exergue, two captives bound vis-à-vis; S-(MN)-I. Biaggi 2268 var. (officina). Depeyrot 22/2. RIC 16b, subtype 5. Very rare. Mildly convex flan, otherwise, good very fine.

From the "HY" Collection, ex Gadoury, 16 November 2018, 243, and Negrini 31, 10 June 2010, 692.

Online bidding closes: 14 Dec 2025, 15:35:00 CET Current Date & Time: 6 Feb 2026, 23:45:05 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:1200 CHF by MailBidder5009 (3 bids)
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