Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1045. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian III. AD 425-455. AV Solidus (4.43 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck AD 426-455. D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR-IA AVGGG, Valentinian standing facing, holding long cross in right hand, Victory on globe in left, his right foot on head of human-headed serpent; R-V//COMOB. RIC X 2010/19/24 var. (rev. legend); Ranieri 94/6/8 var. (same); Lacam 7 var. (same); Depeyrot 17/1 var. (same); DOCLR 841 var. (same). EF, underlying luster. Unpublished with this legend variety.

Although small derivations from the canonical legends or types usually indicate such a late piece is imitative, the overall style of this specimen is perfectly consistent with other official issues.