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4.45 gram Ex CNG Triton Auction III, November 1999, USD 1600 DN PLA VALENTI – NIANVZ PF AVC // VICTORI – A AVCCC Z CONOB RIC X No. 3783 attributes the coin to the Burgundians or Franks (451 or later) MEC p. 75. Rejects the BMC attribution to the Vandals and instead favor an attribution to the Burgundians. The CNG cataglog notes: BMC notes that the attribution to Gaiseric is conjectural as there are no coins in his own name. Boutin lists it under imitations of Valentinian without being more specific. Literature: BMC Vandals, pl. I,1; Boutin NK 977 If the attribution to the Burgundians is correct, the coin may have been minted under the authority of King Gundowech/Gundioc (+ 473). Gundowech was king of the Burgundians following the destruction of the Burgundian kingdom at the Rhine by the Huns in 436. In 451 Gundowech joined forces with Aetius against Attila. The coin may have been minted between 451 and 455. For a another example (but in worse condition) see Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG Auction 227 (11.03.2013), Lot 2030 Price 1400 EUR (1820 USD)
Collezione : Burgundians