Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 408. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Arcadius. AD 383-408. AV Solidus (4.46 g, 1h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck AD 388-392. D N ARCADI VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDI A AVGGG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding scepter in right hand, left hand supporting a shield inscribed VOT/X/MVLT/XV in four lines, right foot on prow left; Z//CONOB. RIC IX 71c; Depeyrot 48/2 (this coin referenced). Near EF, Rare. Remarkable style. Unrecorded officina of this issue with pearl-diademed bust.
From the White Mountain Collection. Ex Kricheldorf XXXIII (12 October 1978), lot 461.