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Solidus In the name of Valentinian III
| Issuer | Visigothic Kingdom |
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| Year | 470-475 |
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| Weight | 4.24 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing bust of Valentinian III, adorned with a rosette diadem, draped and cuirassed, rendered in the late Roman imperial style characteristic of Visigothic imitative coinage. The effigy displays elaborately striated hair secured by a jewelled diadem with prominent rosette detail, and the paludamentum is fastened at the shoulder. The surrounding Latin legend reads D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, distributed around the periphery of the flan. The style reflects the somewhat barbarized yet recognizable die-cutting tradition of the Visigothic workshop, with the portrait exhibiting a bold, slightly schematic treatment of facial features. The coin's irregular flan edge is typical of hammered Visigothic gold production of the fifth century. |
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| Obverse lettering | D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG |
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By the 460s, the Visigothic kingdom under Euric was effectively autonomous from Roman authority, yet continued striking solidi in the name of reigning western emperors — partly as diplomatic cover, partly to maintain the coin's acceptance in trade networks that still ran on imperial credibility. Valentinian III had been dead since 455, making these attributions a deliberate fiction. The use of his name here, a decade after his murder, reflects just how far the western monetary system had decoupled from any living political reality.