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Valentinian III. 425-455 AD. AV Solidus (4.42 gm). Struck 437-438 AD. Thessalonica mint.
- D N PLA VALENTI-NIANVS P F AVG, diademed and helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust right
- FELICITER NVBTIIS, wedding scene with Theodosius II standing facing in center, his hands of the shoulders of Valentinian III and his daughter Licinia Eudoxia; all three nimbate-crowned and wearing ornate marriage robes; COMOB.
RIC X -; DOCLR -; Depeyrot -. EF. Apparently unpublished.
This important coin commemorates the marriage of Valentinian III to Licinia Eudoxia on 29 October 437 AD. The imperial couple spent the winter of 437-438 in Thessalonica, at which time this coin was struck.
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