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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hrefn, post: 7985356, member: 115171&quot;]Valentinian III (425-455 AD) official solidus and Visigothic imitation.&nbsp; The Visigothic coin was previously posted.&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1385615[/ATTACH]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1385616[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1385621[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1385624[/ATTACH]</p><p>Visigothic Solidus modeled on one of Valentinian III 439-455 AD of the Ravenna mint.&nbsp; Mint:&nbsp; possibly Toulouse.&nbsp; The Visigothic solidi characteristically have a tiny wreath over the emperor’s head on the obverse.&nbsp; Also, the “C’s” at the end of the reverse inscription are distinctive, as is the overall style.&nbsp; MEC 170.&nbsp; This coin is from the sale of the William Subjack collection, Coins of the German Migrations, sold by Italo Vecchi in Nummorum Auctiones 14, lot#8, on 5 February 1999[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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