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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 7861823, member: 75936&quot;]I&#039;ve just finished a hectic few days bidding in the Noble Auctions. At least I could do this during my normal waking hours as this is an Australian auction house! None of this staying up until 2am while I wait for a CNG auction to close. Oh wait, that will happen tonight!</p><p><br /></p><p>First i must say - wow! The ancient coin market is very strong! There were a lot of ridiculous hammer prices for poor style and common coins, too many to mention. Feel free to review the results if you&#039;re curious. I needed the Anthemius solidus, wretched as it was, and I was the underbidder - but I wasn&#039;t going to pay more than I felt it was worth (and I&#039;d seen better ones hammer for less!)</p><p><br /></p><p>So I missed out on all my coin targets ... except this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354798[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>Valentinian III, (A.D. 425-455), gold solidus, Ravenna mint, issued 440-455, (4.35 g), obv. diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right of Valentinian III, around D N PLA VALENTI NIANVS P F AVG, rev. emperor Valentinian III standing facing, holding long cross and Victory, with foot on serpent, VICTORI A AVGGG around, R V across, CONOB below, (S.21265, RIC 2010, DOC 841-3, C.19). Graffiti in obverse field, good very fine and rare. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>This is quite the upgrade on my current Valentinian III which is this miserable nummus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1354799[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The nummus is going to be sold to a new home! I&#039;ll put it up on eBay (or if [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] can assist in auctioning it here - i&#039;d be most grateful).</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to share to your late 5th century western emperors! I have a few holes in my collection at the declining end of the empire.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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