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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 Apparently unpublished.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.

Coin from CNG coins, through Wildwinds.

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