Rare Aelia Eudoxia Solidus

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1022. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Aelia Eudoxia. Augusta, AD 400-404. AV Solidus (4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa AD 400-401. AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right; Manus Dei above / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory seated right on cuirass and shield, with right hand inscribing Chi-rho on shield set on column; CONOB. RIC X 14; Depeyrot 55/5; DOCLR 273. Near EF, underlying luster, light graffiti in field on reverse.