CNG 102, Lot: 1121. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Aelia Pulcheria. Augusta, AD 414-453. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck under Theodosius II, AD 441-450. AEL PVLCH ERIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust right, crowned by the Hand of God / IMP.XXXXII·COS· XVII·P·P·, Constantinopolis seated left, holding globus cruciger and scepter; star to left, shield set on ground to right; COMOB. RIC X 295; Depeyrot 84/3. Near EF, light scuffs on edge and reverse.
From the LVL Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 72 (16 May 2013), lot 799 (hammer 4000 CHF).