Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 1040. Estimate $500. Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Theodosius II. AD 402-450. AV Solidus (4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 442-443. D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear in right hand, on left arm a shield decorated with horseman spearing an enemy below / IMP XXXXII COS XVII P P, Constantinopolis seated left, left foot on prow, holding globus cruciger in right hand, scepter in left, left elbow resting on shield at her side; star in left field; CONOB. RIC X 323; MIRB 33; Depeyrot 84/1; DOCLR 410-3. EF, light graffito (”M”) to left of portrait.
From a North American Collection.