Sale: Nomos 2, Lot: 220. Estimate CHF1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 17 May 2010.  Sold For CHF1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Arcadius. AD 383-408. Solidus (Gold, 4.52 g 6), Constantinople, circa 403-408. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Arcadius facing, holding spear over his right shoulder and with shield, ornamented with a horseman spearing a fallen foe, over his left. Rev. NOVA SPES REIPVBLICAE S / CONOB Victory seated right on cuirass, supporting on her left knee a shield, which she inscribes XX/XXX; in field to left, star. Depeyrot 34/2. RIC 29. Lustrous and very attractive. Virtually as struck.