Watch List notes:

Galla Placidia Augusta 421-450, AV tremissis, Rome or Ravenna mint 440-450 (1,43 g). Her pearl diad. and draped bust right/Latin cross patèe within wreath. Small die break in hair, light scratch in obverse field Ex. Triton XIX 5/1-2016 nr.676. . Galla Placidia was the daughter of Theodosius I. She lived in Rome in 410 when the city was sacked by the Visigoths. She was captured and forced to marry king Athaulf in 414. After his assassination in 415, she was sold to the Romans for 600.000 measures of grain. Back in Italy, she married general Constantius (Later Constantius III), with whom she had the later Valentinian III. When he was made emperor in Rome in 425, she acted as regent. Grade:1+/01