RIC IX Nicomedia 16B: Subtype 1
Denomination: solidus
Material: av
Authority: valens
Mint: nicomedia
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0367 to 0375
Obverse legend: D N VALENS-P F AVG
Obverse: Bust of Valens, pearl-diademed, in imperial mantle, left, holding mappa and short sceptre
Obverse portrait: valens
Reverse legend: VOTA PV-BLCIA
Reverse: Two emperors, nimbate, seated facing, each holding mappa and short sceptre; the emperor left raising his mappa. Between letters in exergue are captives