447, Lot: 594. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian I. AD 364-375. AV Solidus (20mm, 3.79 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck January AD 368. Consular bust left, wearing pearl-diadem and imperial mantle, holding mappa and scepter / VOTA PV-BLICA, Valentinian I and Valens enthroned facing, both nimbate, each holding a mappa and scepter; bound captive to left and right; *CONS(wreath). RIC IX 29a; Depeyrot 22/1. scratches, small punch mark on obverse. Fine.

From the Rye Collection.