VALENTINIAN III. 425-455 AD. AV Solidus (4.42 gm). Struck 437-438 AD. 
      Thessalonica mint. D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG, diademed and helmeted, 
      draped and cuirassed bust right / FELICITER NVBTIIS, wedding scene with 
      Theodosius II standing facing in center, his hands of the shoulders of 
      Valentinian III and his daughter Licinia Eudoxia; all three 
      nimbate-crowned and wearing ornate marriage robes; COMOB. RIC X -; DOCLR 
      -; Depeyrot -. EF. Apparently unpublished. [See color plate 11] ($30,000) 
      Ex Tkalec Auktion (29 February 2000), lot 452. This important coin 
      commemorates the marriage of Valentinian III to Licinia Eudoxia on 29 
      October 437 AD. The imperial couple spent the winter of 437-438 in 
      Thessalonica, at which time this coin was struck.


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 2227.

 Lot was unsold.

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