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Solidus In the name of Valentinian III
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 425-430 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Valentinian III facing right, rendered in the late antique imperial style characteristic of Visigothic imitative coinage. The effigy displays a prominent pearl diadem crowning the emperor's head, with elaborately rendered hair falling in tight curls at the nape. The paludamentum is fastened at the right shoulder with a circular fibula, and the cuirass with pteryges is visible below. The circumferential Latin legend reads D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG, separated by the bust, with letters of slightly irregular execution reflecting the Visigothic workshop's imitative hand. |
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| Reverse description | The emperor Valentinian III is depicted standing in three-quarter view facing right, draped and cuirassed, holding a long standard (labarum) in his right hand and a globus surmounted by a Victory figure in his left hand. With his left foot he spurns a seated bound captive, symbolizing Roman imperial dominion over barbarian enemies. The field is divided by the legend VICTORI-A AVGGG, with the mint mark R-V in the lower field and COMOB in the exergue, the latter signifying gold of standard purity struck at a Western imperial mint under Visigothic authority. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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