Galla Placidia, Augusta, 421-450. Solidus (Gold, 21 mm, 4.50 g, 6 h), Ravenna, circa 430-445. D N GALLA PLA-CIDIA P F AVG Pearl-diademed and draped bust of Galla Placidia to right, cross on right shoulder, wearing single pendant earring and pearl necklace; above, manus dei holding wreath. Rev. VOT XX MVLT XXX / R - V / COMOB Victory standing front, head to left, holding long jewelled cross in her right hand; above, star. Depeyrot 16/3. RIC 2020. A lustrous, beautiful and unusually well preserved piece with an exceptional middle-aged portrait of the famous empress. A few faint scratches in the fields and with minor weakness on the reverse, otherwise, virtually as struck.