Description: Valentinian III (425 - 455 AD). AE4, Rome mint, 430 - 437 AD. DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG; pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG; two Victories facing, holding wreath, RM in ex.

Diameter: AE11 mm

Weight: 0,92 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC X 2131

Commentary: splendid example with sharp obverse and reverse, green patina with some deposits

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: 034-05-01-41652