Valentinian I. Solidus; Valentinian I; 364-375 AD, Trier, c. 372 AD, Solidus, 4.52g. Depeyrot-41/1 (p. 118, unique in Brno). Obv: D N VALENTINI - ANVS PF AVG Bust draped, cuirassed r., seen from front, wearing diadem of alternating rosettes and pairs of laurel leaves. Rx: VICTOR-IA AVGG Two emperors seated facing, together holding globe; behind and between them the upper portion of a Victory with outspread wings who reaches out her arms to crown the emperors, between whom one sees a small star in center and a palm branch below; in exergue TR.OB. A very rare issue, not in RIC for any of the three emperors, with the small star between the seated emperors on the reverse. Depeyrot only found one such coin of Valentinian I like ours, two of Valens, and one of Gratian. Ex B. Max Mehl, Fort Worth, Auction XLVI, 12 December 1917, Rare United States and Foreign Coins from the Collections of Judge John A. Truax and Mr. G. A. Alenius, lot 475, price realized $5.50; with the original Mehl 2x2 envelope, printed with his name and the lot number 475 and with the price $5.50 written in. . MS