CNG 88, Lot: 1440. Estimate $750. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius I. AD 379-395. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 2nd officina. Struck circa AD 388. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Constantinopolis seated right, holding scepter and shield inscribed VOT/V/MVL/X in four lines, right foot on prow left; B//CONOB. RIC IX 70a; Depeyrot 39/1 var. (lion-heads on throne) and 47/4 var. (rosette-diadem). VF, some minor marks on obverse, slightly double struck on reverse.