CNG 85, Lot: 1226. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Contorniates. Late 4th century AD. Æ Contorniate (39mm, 24.98 g, 6h). Incuse or composite construction series. X NIKATOR A., charioteer standing facing, head left on ground line, holding whip and palm frond; vase containing two palm fronds on either side; all in intaglio / MAKAR I MVS A, tibicen standing facing on ground line, head right, holding tibia in each hand; all in intaglio. Alföldi, Kontorniat 654 and pl. 206, 5 (same dies); Sachero -; Tocci -. VF, brown patina.