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A siliqua of Valens with a bronze hook fixed to it. Coin Type: Silver siliqua of Valens, 364 CE to 378 CE, with a bronze hook fixed to it by a rivet.
Mint and Date: Constantinople, officina 4.
Size and Weight: 18mm x 19mm, 1.49g
Obverse: Pearl-diademed, draped bust right, weating a pearl necklace.
D N VALEN(S) P F AVG
Reverse: VOT V MVLT X within wreath.
Exergue: *C•Δ circle-on-line.
Ref: RIC IX Constantinople 36c.
Provenance: karakalas (eBay), September 2007.
BW Ref: 011 034 116
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