Description: Valentinian III (425 - 455 AD). AE4, Rome mint 425-430 AD. D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVS REIPVBLICE; Victory advancing left, wreath upward in right, palm frond over shoulder in left.

Diameter: AE12 mm

Weight: 1,1 g

Grade: aVF/F

Attribution: RIC X 2108

Commentary: rare; green patina, good portrait

History: Valentinian III was murdered during his archery practice on the Campus Martius by two of the barbarian followers of Aetius, whom he killed some months earlier.

Article Number: 049-01-01-41652