The loros derives from the consular office of the emperor and is a heavily jeweled scarf or stole that is wrapped around the body. In full length depictions it usually drapes over the left arm. The emperor wore the loros on special ritual occasions including Easter. The wrappings of the loros are sometimes associated with the shroud that wrapped around the body of the dead crucified Christ.
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Add to Cart Valens, 364-378 A.D. Consular bust,1953 pedigree
AV Solidus, 4.42g. 22mm. Nicomedia, Consular issue 368 A.D. D N VALENS P F AVG. Pearl- diademed bust of Valens to left; he wears consular loros and holds mappa in right hand and scepter in left hand. Rev. VOTA PVBLICA; S-MN-N in exergue. Valentinian and Valens enthroned and facing; they are both nimbate, wearing consular loros costumes, and holding mappas; two captives in exergue. RIC IX, 254, 16b.6. Depeyrot 22/2. Pierre Bastien, "Le Solidi Des Vota Publica De Valentinien I A Theodose I," in Numismatica E Antichita Classiche, Quaderni Ticinesi, 1985, p. 332, 27h(this coin). Exceptional quality from fresh dies and with an impressive pedigree Provenance, Pedigree: Extremely Fine $9,500. |
