Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1033. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Honorius. AD 393-423. AV Tremissis (1.49 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 403-408. D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM, Victory advancing facing, head right, holding wreath in right hand, cross on globe in left; star to right; CONOB. RIC X 35 var. (Victory head left); MIRB 46 var. (same); Depeyrot 58/2; DOCLR 781 var. (same). Good VF. An unpublished variety.
The canonical presentation of Victory on the reverse is with her right leg forward and head facing left. On this example, her left leg is forward and head right.