Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1028. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $3800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Honorius. AD 393-423. AV Solidus (4.36 g, 12h). Ravenna mint. Struck circa AD 408-415. D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, draped, and cuirassed bust right, wearing beard, helmet decorated with three small stars / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Honorius standing facing, crowned by
manus Dei, holding staff surmounted by Christogram in right hand, left hand on hilt of sword, right foot on the back of prostrate lion with serpent-headed tail; R-V//COB. RIC X 1310; Ranieri 16; Depeyrot 3/1; DOCLR 742. Near EF, a few light marks, graffito on reverse.