Extremely Rare Valentinian Semissis

CNG 108, Lot: 686. Estimate $7500. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian I. AD 364-375. AV Semissis (18mm, 2.25 g, 12h). Antioch mint. Struck AD 367-375. D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory seated right on cuirass, behind which is a shield, inscribing VOT/X/MVLT/XX on shield set on knee; to right, small winged Genius standing left, supporting shield; ANT. RIC IX 24a; Depeyrot 34/1. In NGC encapsulation, 3923675-002, graded Ch MS*, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Extremely rare, the sole example in CoinArchives.

Ex Palombo 13 (13 December 2014), lot 127 (hammer 22,500 CHF); Hess-Divo 324 (23 October 2013), lot 123 (hammer 19,000 CHF); Numismatica Genevensis SA 6 (30 November 2010), lot 206; Tkalec (7 May 2009), lot 213.