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157722. Sold For $595

VALENTINIAN III. 425-455 AD. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck circa 426-455 AD. D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Valentinian standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe, foot placed on human-headed coiled serpent; R-V/COMOB. RIC X 2011; Depeyrot 17/1; Cohen 19. VF, graffiti in obverse field, light scratches in reverse fields. Faint traces of undertype visible.

The obverse die used for striking this coin appears to have had its legends reengraved, though it is uncertain if the previous engraving was of a different emperor.