306, Lot: 445. Estimate $500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius II. AD 402-450. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.49 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 430-440. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Constantinopolis seated left, with left foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and scepter; round shield at side, star to right; CONOB. RIC X 257; Depeyrot 81/1. Near EF, scrape on obverse from plume of helmet to brow.