Triton XVIII, Lot: 1272. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian III. AD 425-455. AV Tremissis (14mm, 1.43 g, 12h). Ravenna (or Rome) mint. Struck AD 440-455. D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Latin cross pattée within wreath with large central jewel; COMOB. RIC X 2069 (Rome and/or Ravenna) = Cahn 80, lot 1012 (same dies); Lacam 37 (Rome); Depeyrot 47/8 (Rome); DOCLR 851 (Rome); Biaggi 2355; Gorny & Mosch 138, lot 285 (same obv. die). EF, minor hairline flan split.

From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.