Triton XIX, Lot: 707. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNCERTAIN GERMANIC TRIBES. Germany (Rhine Valley). Mid-late 5th century. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.42 g, 12h). Imitating Ravenna mint. Struck in the name of Valentinian III. D N PLΛ VΛLENTI NIΛNVS P F ΛVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; pellet to left / VICTORI A AVCCC, emperor standing facing, holding long cross in right hand, Victory on globe in left, stepping on head of human-headed coiled serpent; R-V//COMOB. G. Depeyrot, “Les solidi gaulois de Valentinian III,” SNR 65 (1986), group c, 2. Good VF, toning in devices, area of weak strike at periphery on reverse .

Ex Mark Poncin Collection (Triton X, 9 January 2007), lot 888.