Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1282. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VALENTINIAN III. 425-455 AD. AV Solidus (4.45 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 450-455 AD. D N VALENTIN-IANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif on left arm / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long cross in right hand; star to right, H/CONOB. RIC X 506 (officina not recorded); Depeyrot 87/2; Hunter 16 var. (no officina letter); DOCLR 864. EF, lustrous. ($750)