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Nummus - Valens SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Aquileia
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint, Aquileia |
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| Year | 364-367 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The allegorical figure of Victory advancing to the left, rendered in the customary late Roman style, holding a laurel wreath in her extended right hand and a palm frond in her left. The reverse legend SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE encircles the field, while the exergue carries the officina and mint mark. The mintmark identifies this issue as struck at the Aquileia mint under the first officina. |
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| Mintage | ND (364-367) - 1st Officina (● in crescent-SMAQP; Subtype xia) |
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Valens came to power not through succession but through his brother Valentinian I's deliberate choice to share rule — an arrangement finalized at Mediolanum in 364, just weeks after Valentinian's own elevation. The western half went to Valentinian; Valens received the east, a division that would prove fateful fourteen years later at Adrianople. Aquileia, positioned at the head of the Adriatic, served the western court and issued bronze coinage for both administrations during these early joint years.
RIC IX 9B from Aquileia falls within the first officina sequence and is among the earlier issues of Valens's reign, struck before the weight standard for this denomination was revised downward again in 367.