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ID:     74000818
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Valentinian III
Date Ruled:     AD 424-455
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Semissis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 455
Weight:     2.17 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     VICTORI_A AGVSTORVM / VOT/X/MVLT/XX
Reverse Description:     Victory seated right on cuirass, facing her a small winged genius; between them they support on short column and her left knee and a shield inscribed VOT/X/MVLT/XX
Exergue:     COMOB
Mint Mark:     COMOB
Mint:     Ravenna
Primary Reference:     RIC X unlisted (see 2050 for rosette-diadem)
Reference2:     Depeyrot 047/2 (Rome) var (same)
Reference3:     DOCLR 857 (Ravenna) var (same)
Reference4:     Lacam 030
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=97231
Grade:     EF
Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 818 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.