289, Lot: 416. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius II. AD 402-450. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 441-450. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / Constantinopolis enthroned left, with left foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and scepter; star to left; COMOB. RIC X 293; Depeyrot 84/1. VF, graffiti in obverse (“E”) and reverse (“N”?) fields.