Description: Valentinian III (425-455 AD). AE4, Rome mint 425-435 AD. DN PLA VALENTINIANVS PF AVG (poss. truncated), pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / SALVS REIPVBLICE; Victory standing or walking left, holding wreath and palm branch, left field: S, RM in ex.

Diameter: AE10 mm

Weight: 0,94 g

Grade: gF/VF

Attribution: RIC X 2108

Commentary: scarce; dark grey patina, tight flan

History: Valentinian III apparently killed his Magister militum Flavius Aëtius with his own hands, provoking Sidonius Apollinaris to his famous phrase: "I am ignorant, sir, of your motives or provocations; I only know that you have acted like a man who has cut off his right hand with his left."

Article Number: 059-02-01-42384