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ID:     AN00661324_001_l
Type:     Roman Imperial
Issuer:     Valentinian III
Date Ruled:     AD 424-455
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Semissis
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 439-455
Weight:     2.23 g
Obverse Legend:     D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG
Obverse Description:     Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
Reverse Legend:     SALVS REI PVBLICAE
Reverse Description:     Victory seated right on cuirass, facing her a small winged genius; between them they support on a small short column and her left knee, a shield inscribed with VOT/X/MVLT/XX, to which she points.
Exergue:     COMOB
Mint Mark:     COMOB
Mint:     Rome and/or Ravenna
Primary Reference:     RIC IX 2047
Photograph Credit:     © The Trustees of the British Museum
Source:     http://www.britishmuseum.org
Notes:     (1) Registration number: 1848,0819.108 (2) Purchased from the Earls of Pembroke in 1848: Previous owner/ex-collection of Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke