Valens AE3 (17mm, 1.91g, 6h). Constantinople (?), 367-375 CE (or Contemporary Imitation).
Obverse: D N VALENS P F AVG. Bust of Valens, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed, right.
Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM. Emperor advancing right, dragging captive with right hand and holding labarum in left. Crosses in fields to left and right; CONSΔ in exergue.
References: ERIC II p. 1098, No. 493 (tentative) = RIC (IX, Constantinople) 41b, Subtype 7 [+/+//CONSΔ]; OCRE 41b.7 (zero examples cited); cf. Esty Reverse Type 5 (images) for GLORIA ROMANORVM Emperor dragging captive.
Provenance: Acq. 9 Oct 2013 from N. Hochrein (Holding History Coins [DePere, WI USA]) for $2.11.
Notes: A rare sub-type (maybe!), described in RIC IX (p. 220, 41b.7), but with no specimen cited. I’ve yet to find another illustrated. This one could very easily be a barbarous imitation. Was the RIC 41b.7 specimen also barbarous? Is this coin imitating the official type — or was there no such official type at all, only a distinctive imitation with these controls & mintmark?
See (or say) more on this coin on the FORVM Discussion Board (FAC 13044922 Jan 2023): https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=130449.0
Further discussion on FORVM Board (FAC 130449, Jan 2023); this coin in my FAC Gallery.