281, Lot: 455. Estimate $150. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius I. AD 379-395. AR Siliqua (17mm, 1.91 g, 11h). Constantinople mint. Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VOT/ X/ MVLT/ X X in four lines within wreath; CONS. RIC IX 87a var.; cf. RSC 67†d var. Good VF, slightly porous.

The diadem on this coin appears to be rosette, which is unrecorded for this issue. The citations above are to coins with pearl-diademed portraits.