Triton XIX, Lot: 654. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian II. AD 375-392. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 6h). North Italian mint. Struck AD 383. D N VALENTINI ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTOR IA AVGG, Valentinian II and Gratian enthroned facing, holding a globe between them; above throne, Victory facing with wings spread; palm frond between; COM. RIC IX 34i1 (Thessalonica); cf. Ulrich-Bansa, Moneta p. 96 and pl. III, B (North Italian mint); Depeyrot 2/5; Biaggi 2293 (this coin). EF, hint of deposits, traces of underlying luster, minor hairline flan split on edge of reverse at 7 o’clock.

Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 2293.