Galla Placidia. Augusta, AD 421-450. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.40 g,

Galla Placidia. Augusta, AD 421-450. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Vicennalia issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 425/6. D N GALLA PLA CIDIA P F AVG, laureate, pearl-diademed, and draped bust right; above, manus Dei holding diadem / VOT XX MVLT XXX, Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star above; R-M//COMOB. RIC X 2007; G. Lacam. Civilisation et monnaies byzantines (Paris, 1974), pl. CII, 12; Depeyrot 45/2. VF. Well centered and struck. Rare.


From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1610.