381, Lot: 490. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Valentinian III. AD 425-455. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 4th officina. Struck AD 430-440. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / Constantinopolis seated left, foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; shield at her side; star in right field; Δ/CONOB. RIC X 260; Depeyrot 81/2. In NGC encapsulation graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 34/5. Graffito in field on obverse.