225, Lot: 599. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES. Gaul. Mid-late 5th century. AV "Solidus" (21mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Imitating Ravenna mint. Struck in the name of Valentinian III, AD 425-455. Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globet, stepping on human-headed serpent; R-V across field; COMOB. G. Depeyrot, “Les solidi gaulois de Valentinian III,” SNR 65 (1986), group a, 8. VF, some scratches and edge marks.

From the Giamba Collection.