173, Lot: 530. Estimate $200. Sold for $830. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcian. AD 450-457. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.40 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field; CONOB. RIC X 509; Depeyrot 87/1. EF, nose flat.

From the Alain Lagrange Collection. Ex. Numismatica Ars Classica 1 (29-30 March, 1989), lot 1021.