135, Lot: 265. Estimate $500. Sold for $565. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VALENTINIAN III. 425-455 AD. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.47 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 425-429 AD. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Two emperors seated facing, both nimbate and holding mappa and cruciform sceptre; star above; G/CONOB. RIC X 242; Depeyrot 79/2. Good VF.

From the Marc Poncin Collection. Ex Gorny 64 (11 October 1993), lot 828.