Watch List notes:

ANCIENT COINS. Roman Coins. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Galla Placidia (daughter of Theodosius I, mother of Valentinian III), Gold Solidus, 4.51g, 6h.Mint of Ravenna.Struck A.D. 422.D N GALLA PLACIDIA P F AVG, bust of Galla Placidia facing right, pearl-diademed and draped, and wearing earrings and necklace, crowned by the Hand of God. Rev. SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated right on a cuirass, supporting on her knee a shield inscribed with the Chi-Rho monogram, to which she points, R-V in field, COMOB in exergue (RIC 1333; C 7).Well-struck on a broad flan, with a delicate portrait, good extremely fine.A superb example of this extremely rare issue.
Ex Tkalec, Zürich, 19 February 2001, lot 405
Part of the Aurora Collection.

Estimate: US$ 25,000