VALENTINIAN III GOLD SOLIDUS – DECENNALIA ISSUE OF ROME – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERIAL COIN OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE (Inv. 19761)

$4,700.00

19761. WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE. VALENTINIAN III, AD 425–455.
Gold Solidus, 4.41 g, 22 mm. Issue of Rome, October AD 435.
Obv. D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed half–length bust of Valentinian left, wearing consular mantle, holding mappa and a cruciform scepter over shoulder. Rev. VOT X MVLT XX, Valentinian in consular robes, seated on throne facing, holding mappa and cruciform scepter; R–M across fields, CONOB in exergue.
RIC X 2034; Depeyrot 42/1.
Ex NAC USA stock, inv. 1139; ex Morris (Phil Peck) Collection, Heritage 3071, 1/6/2019, lot 32304 = NAC 21, 5/17/ 2001, lot 599.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5.

Valentinian III was the son of Constantius III and the famous Galla Placidia. With the help of his uncle Theodosius II, Valentinian ascended the throne at 6 years of age with his mother as regent. This coin was part of an issue celebrating the emperor’s “decennalia,” the anniversary of 10 years of rule, when he was 16.