Triton XVIII, Lot: 1276. Estimate $5000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Majorian. AD 457-461. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. D N IVLIVS MAIORI ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust right, holding spear forward in right hand and shield decorated with Christogram in left / VICTORIΛ ΛΛVGG, Majorian, in military attire, standing facing, right foot on human-headed serpent, holding long cross in right hand and Victory on globe in left; R-V//COMOB. RIC X 2624 = Dr. Karl Hahn Collection (Cahn 61, 3 December 1928), lot 1150 (same rev. die); Ranieri –; Lacam –; Depeyrot –; DOCLR –; Biaggi – . VF, toned, a few marks on the cheek. One of two known with the VICTORIΛ ΛΛVGG and the first to be offered in auction in over 86 years.

From the D. Fagan Collection.

The Hahn specimen, cited by Kent, is now in the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen.