DN VALENS PF AVG
Laureate head right
SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE
Victory advancing left, holding wreath.
Weight: 1.57 gr
Diameter: 16.4 mm
Flavius Valens was eastern Roman emperor from 364 to 378. He was given the eastern half of the empire by his brother Valentinian I after the latter's accession to the throne. Valens was defeated and killed in the Battle of Adrianople, which marked the beginning of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.