LATE ROMAN COINAGE
Valentinian III, 425 – 455
Semissis, Constantinopolis 425-430, AV 2.22 g. D N VALENTIN – IANVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed youthful bust r. Rev. VICTORIA AVG Victory seated r. on cuirass, supporting on her l. knee a shield inscribed XX / XXX to which she points; in r. field, Christogram and, in exergue, CONOB. MIRB 41 var. (unbroken legend). LRC –. Depeyrot 73/5 var. (unbroken legend). RIC Theodosius II 247 var. (unbroken legend).
Very rare. Flan slightly wavy and almost invisible mark on
obverse, otherwise extremely fine
Ex UBS 49, 2000, 682 and Triton XIII, 2010, 433 (misclassified) sales. From the White Mountain collection.