CNG 108, Lot: 697. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius II. AD 402-450. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 415. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust right, holding shield and spear / Roma and Constantinopolis, with foot on prow, enthroned facing, each holding scepter and supporting between them a shield inscribed VOT/XV/MVL/XX in four lines; star to left; CONOB. RIC X 207; Depeyrot 61/1. Good VF, once cleaned. Interesting bust type.

Ex Goldberg 70 (4 September 2012), lot 3441.