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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1166. Estimate $30000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003. 
Sold For $24000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AVITUS. 455-456 AD. AV Solidus (4.41 gm). Arelate (Arles) mint. D N AVITVS PERP F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Avitus standing right, resting left foot on captive, holding long cross and Victory on globe; A-R/COMOB. RIC X 2401; Depeyrot 24/2; Lacam 8 (this coin); DOCLR 875. Good VF, flat strike. Extremely rare. (See color enlargement on plate 18.) ($30,000)

From the William H. Williams Collection. Ex Sir Arthur Evans Collection (Naville III, 16 June 1922), lot 259.