Ex Dreesmann, Niggeler, and Sartiges Collections

CNG 96, Lot: 920. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian III. AD 425-455. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 440-455. Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Valentinian III standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe, foot on head of human-headed coiled serpent; R-M//COMOB. RIC X 2014; Depeyrot 46/1; Sartiges 432 (this coin). Good VF, toned, traces of deposits, slight wave to flan.

From the Bramhall Collection. Ex Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection (Spink, 13 July 2000), lot 332; Walter Niggeler Collection (Bank Leu/Münzen und Medaillen, 2 November 1967), lot 1580; Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Ars Classica XVIII, 10 October 1938), lot 539.