Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1043. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian III. AD 425-455. AV Tremissis (1.44 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 440-455. D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Cross within wreath; ties as ‘:|||:’; CONOB . RIC X 2059 var. (wreath ties and mintmark); Lacam 35 var. (same; Rome); Depeyrot 47/7 var. (same; Rome); DOCLR 851 var. (same; Ravenna). Good VF, a couple light marks. Unpublished variety.

The style of this piece is so similar to other official issues that such variations from the norm do not suggest it is an imitative issue.