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Gold Pendant Featuring a Roman Bronze Coin of Emperor Valens - FJ.5841
Circa: 364
AD
to 378
AD
Collection: Coin Jewelry
Medium: Bronze, Gold
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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Flavius Valens was the brother of Emperor
Valentinian I who was elevated to the throne by
the Roman Legions. Valentinian ruled over the
western half of the empire and selected his
brother to serve as co-Augustus and ruler of the
east. By 378 A.D., the Ostrogoths, who had been
allowed to settle in the Roman Empire three
years earlier, became an armed uprising. Valens
led an army to suppress this insurrection;
however, he was soundly defeated outside of
Adrianople. Valens led an attack against the
inferior barbarian armies without waiting for
reinforcements to arrive first. They were led right
into a trap. Two-thirds of the Roman army of the
East was destroyed and Emperor Valens body
was never recovered. History tells us that he
either led a valiant last stand against the
invaders and was slaughtered or else retreated to
a country farmhouse where he and a few loyal
soldiers holed up until the barbarians burned the
building. Either way, it is certain that Valens
marched into his death, overconfident of the
strength of the Roman army.
- (FJ.5841)
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