Triton XVIII, Lot: 1268. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Galla Placidia. Augusta, AD 421-450. AV Tremissis (13mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Rome or Ravenna mint. Struck AD 440-455. D N GALLA PLA CIDIA P F AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right, cross on shoulder / Latin cross pattée within wreath; COMOB. RIC X 2062 (Rome and/or Ravenna; same dies as illustration); Depeyrot 47/9 (Rome); DOCLR 831 (Ravenna [or Rome?]; same dies); Biaggi 2336 (same dies); Kampmann 20 (this coin). Superb EF, lustrous.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 18 (29 March 2000), lot 776.