295, Lot: 527. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian II. AD 375-392. AR Siliqua (18mm, 1.90 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of a Treveri (Trier) mint issue. D N VALENTINIANVS P F ASAC, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Rome seated left on throne, holding Victory on globe and scepter. Cf. RIC IX 27a. VF, toned, minor deposits.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.

The debased style, especially in the engraving of the letters, and the blundered obverse legend seem to indicate that this coin is not the product of an official mint.