364 -378 Ad Gold Eastern Roman Empire Valens Av Solidus Antioch Ngc Choice Vf

364 -378 AD GOLD EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE SOLIDUS 5TH OFFICINA CERTIFIED BY NGC CHOICE VERY FINE STRIKE: 5/5 SURFACE: 1/5 OBVERSE: PEARL DIADEMED, DRAPED, AND CUIRASSED BUST OF VALENS FACING RIGHT. REVERSE: LABARUM VICTORY ON GLOBE. CONTAINS 4.5 GRAMS OF GOLD. FLAVIUS VALENS, THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF VALENTINIAN I, WAS BORN AT CIBALAE IN PANNONIA ABOUT A. 328, AND WAS RAISED TO THE RANK OF AUGUSTUS ON MARCH 28TH, 364. GIVEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE EASTERN PROVINCES, MUCH OF HIS REIGN WAS SPENT IN CAMPAIGNING AGAINST THE GOTHS ON THE DANUBE FRONTIER AND IN COUNTERING THE PERSIAN MENANCE IN THE EAST. 376 THE VISIGOTHS, HARD PRESSED BY THE HUNS, SOUGHT PERMISSION TO CROSS THE DANUBE AND SETTLE ON ROMAN TERRITORY. VALENS GRANTED THIS PERMISSION, BUT THE GOTHS WERE SO BADLY TREATED BY THE ROMANS THAT THEY BROKE INTO REVOLT AND DEVASTED THE COUNTRYSIDE OF MOESIA AND THRACE. VALENS ADVANCED AGAINST THE BARBIANS, BUT IN A GREAT BATTLE FOUGHT NEAR HADRIANOPOLIS ON AUGUST 9TH, 378, THE ROMAN ARMY WAS ALMOST ANNIHILIATED AND THE EMPEROR HIMSELF WAS SLAIN. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", "sample"etc. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins: Ancient\Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)". The seller is "rarecoincollector" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam.

Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Denomination: Solidus
Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)
Composition: Gold
Year: 364 AD
Era: Ancient
Certification Number: 6557773-003
Grade: CHOICE VF
Ruler: Valens
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Certification: NGC
Date: 364 AD