Solidus In the name of Valentinian III

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.