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1 Solidus In the name of Valentinian III, With ground
| Issuer | Uncertain Germanic tribes |
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| Year | 426-500 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Standing imperial figure facing, holding a long cross in the right hand and a winged Victory on a globe in the left hand, with one foot placed upon a human head representing a vanquished enemy. A ground line is present beneath the figure. The composition follows the standard late Roman Victory reverse type associated with the Valentinian dynasty, though rendered with the stylistic simplifications characteristic of Germanic imitative coinage. A Latin legend surrounds the figure, with the mint mark COMOB appearing in the exergue, indicating an imitation of officina-struck solidi. |
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| Mintage | ND (426-500) R-M - Imitating Rome mint - ND (426-500) R-V - Imitating Ravenna mint - |
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Tremissis-weight solidi struck by Germanic successor groups copying late imperial types were a deliberate political act — the tribes controlling former Roman territory understood that Valentinian III's image carried transactional legitimacy that their own names did not. The "with ground" designation refers to the exergual groundline below the figure, a detail that helps separate die families within this broad and poorly resolved attribution. Whether Visigothic, Burgundian, or another group entirely remains genuinely contested; the RIC X and BMC Vandal cross-references reflect scholarly hedging rather than settled consensus.