RIC X Visigoths 3713

Typological Description

  • Date Range: AD 439 - AD 455
  • Object Type: Coin
  • Manufacture: Struck
  • Denomination: Solidus
  • Material: Gold

  • Authority

    • Authority: Visigoths
      • Stated Authority: Valentinian III

    • Geographic

    • Obverse

      • Legend: D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG
      • Type: Bust of Valentinian III, rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed, right
      • Portrait: Valentinian III

      • Reverse

        • Legend: VICTORI-A AVGGG
        • Type: Valentinian III, draped, cuirassed, standing front, holding long cross in right hand and Victory on globe in left hand; placing right foot on head of human-headed closed-coiled serpent
        • Portrait: Valentinian III
          • MintMark: R/V//COMOB