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Valentinian III, Western Roman Empire (AD 425-455). AV solidus (21mm, 4.39 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, 2nd officina, AD 426. D N VALENTIN-IANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Valentinian III facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield in left decorated with horseman motif / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE B, Theodosius II (on left), and Valentinian III (on right), enthroned facing, nimbate, both with akakia in right hand, cruciform scepter in left; star above, CONOB in exergue. RIC X (Theodosius II) 242.
From the Ed's Treasures Collection
This rare early solidus of Valentinian III was struck in Constantinople shortly after he was installed, at the tender age of six, on the throne of the West Roman Empire. Its design falls into the proto-Byzantine coinage of the East Roman Empire, which preferred frontal-style portraiture versus the profile portraits favored in the crumbling West. Valentinian's installation had come at the behest of his cousin Theodosius II, emperor of the East, who had dispatched the lad and his mother, the formidable Galla Placidia, at the head of a military task force to unseat the usurper Johannes, who had held the throne of the West since the death of Honorius, in AD 423. Valentinian would go on to "reign" for 30 years; however, he was little more than a figurehead ruler as a series of powerful generals strove mightily, but in vain, against the slow disintegration of the West Roman Empire.
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Valentinian III, Western Roman Empire (AD 425-455). AV solidus (21mm, 4.39 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, 2nd officina, AD 426. D N VALENTIN-IANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, cuirassed bust of Valentinian III facing, head slightly right, spear in right hand over shoulder, shield in left decorated with horseman motif / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE B, Theodosius II (on left), and Valentinian III (on right), enthroned facing, nimbate, both with akakia in right hand, cruciform scepter in left; star above, CONOB in exergue. RIC X (Theodosius II) 242.
From the Ed's Treasures Collection
This rare early solidus of Valentinian III was struck in Constantinople shortly after he was installed, at the tender age of six, on the throne of the West Roman Empire. Its design falls into the proto-Byzantine coinage of the East Roman Empire, which preferred frontal-style portraiture versus the profile portraits favored in the crumbling West. Valentinian's installation had come at the behest of his cousin Theodosius II, emperor of the East, who had dispatched the lad and his mother, the formidable Galla Placidia, at the head of a military task force to unseat the usurper Johannes, who had held the throne of the West since the death of Honorius, in AD 423. Valentinian would go on to "reign" for 30 years; however, he was little more than a figurehead ruler as a series of powerful generals strove mightily, but in vain, against the slow disintegration of the West Roman Empire.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-imperial/ancients-valentinian-iii-western-roman-empire-ad-425-455-av-solidus-21mm-439-gm-6h-ngc-ms-5-5-4-5/a/61238-99163.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61238-12052021
HID02906262019
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