CNG 96, Lot: 921. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian III. AD 425-455. AR Half Siliqua (13mm, 1.28 g, 12h). Ravenna mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond; RV. RIC X 2085; Ranieri 111-2; RSC 11b. Good VF, iridescent toning, earthen deposits. Very rare.

From the Bramhall Collection, acquired from Münzen und Medaillen AG in the 1980s.