Triton XIX, Lot: 649. Estimate $7500. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian I. AD 364-375. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.38 g, 12h). Consular issue. Nicomedia mint, 5th officina. Struck January AD 368. D N VALENTI NIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and scepter / VOTA PV BLICA, Valentinian I and Valens enthroned facing, each nimbate and in consular robes, and holding mappa and scepter; in exergue, bound captive vis-à-vis; S N Є. RIC IX 16a var. (officina); Depeyrot 19/1(officina unlisted); Biaggi 2243 (this coin). Good VF, deep red toning in devices, a couple of die breaks at 12 o’clock on obverse. Very rare with officina E.

Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2243.