Two Rare Fractional Gold of Valentinian III

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 818. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian III. AD 425-455. AV Semissis (2.17 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck circa AD 440-455. D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI-A AGVSTORVM (sic), Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on knee and short column a shield inscribed VOT/X/MVLT/XX in four lines; before, a small winged genius standing left, supporting the shield with both hands; COMOB. RIC X 2050 var. (rosette-diadem); Lacam 30; Depeyrot 47/2 (Rome) var. (same); DOCLR 857 (Ravenna) var. (same). EF. Extremely rare type; unrecorded in the standard references with pearl-diadem.

From the Mark Poncin Collection. Ex William H. Williams Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 1157.

We have adopted DOC’s assignment of Ravenna as the mint for this issue.