Description
Valentinian III (425 – 455 AD). AE4, Rome mint. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG; Victory walking left, wreath upward in right, palm frond over shoulder in left.
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Valentinian III (425 – 455 AD). AE4, Rome mint. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGG; Victory walking left, wreath upward in right, palm frond over shoulder in left.
| Diameter [mm]: | AE12 |
| Weight [g]: | 1,10 |
| Grade: | gF/aF |
| Attribution: | RIC X 2121 |
| Commentary: | rare; green patina, good portrait |
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.