SALVS REIPVBLICAE


Reference : AYC #14, RIC 2082
Weight: 2.22 grs
Metal: Silver
Diameter: ?
Scarcity: Very rare
Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N GALLA PLA - CIDIA P F AVG

Bust of Galla Placidia to the right, draped with latin cross on right shoulder, wearing a diadem of pearls, a double necklace of pearls and long earrings.

SALVS REI - PVBLICAE

An angel seated left on cuirass and inscribing a Chi-Rho on a shield.

Marks

RVPS
Numéro :

Photo of a coin sold the 06/10/2020 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 120, lot 892, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7385415, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

All the coins I have seen still have a Latin cross on the right shoulder. For the ribbons protruding from the letters G on the obverse, most coins do not have one or these are very small like those that we seem to see on this coin.

On the reverse I noted ''Angel'' in the description. We can also say that this is Victoria but the image of the victory at that time had indeed become that of an angel symbolizing the Christian victory.