Reece Period attributed: Period 19
Member of the House of Valentinian dynasty.
Coins for this issuer were issued from 364 until 378.
Flavius Valens was the younger brother of Valentinian I, and was born around 328. Valentinian raised him to the rank of Augustus in 364 and put him in control of the east; Valens spent much time campaigning against the Goths and Persians. He died in a huge battle near Hadrianopolis in 378.
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