Valens, AV solidus, 365 AD, Lyons. 4.46g.

D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE, emperor standing left, head right, 
holding crossed and barbed labarum with chi-rho, and Victory on 
globe. 
Mintmark SMLVG.

Depeyrot 10/2, p. 128; RIC IX Lyons 1c; Cohen VIII, 32
Sear (1988) 1404
rated rare.
Tiny marks on reverse, otherwise almost mint state.

With permission of Numismatik Lanz München, Jan. 2010.
Sold for $2,800