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ID:     721925
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Valentinian III
Date Ruled:     AD 424-455
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Solidus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 425-429
Weight:     4.36 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     D N VALENTIN_IANVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Helmeted bust facing, pearl-diademed, cuirassed, spear in right hand held over right shoulder behind head, an left arm shield decorated with horseman riding down enemy.
Reverse Legend:     SALVS REI_PVB_LICAE I
Reverse Description:     Two emperors nimbate enthroned facing, both in consular robes, both holding mappa in right hand and cruciform sceptre in left; above and between them a star
Exergue:     CONOB
Mint Mark:     CONOB
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     RIC X 0243 var
Reference2:     Depeyrot 79/2
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=85693
Grade:     gVF
Notes:     (1) Officina "I" is unrecorded for this RIC number (2) CNG 72: Lot No. 1925 (3) From the Marc Poncin Collection. Ex Elsen 85 (10 September 2005), lot 460.