Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1573. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS II. 402-450 AD. AV Semissis (2.16 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 420-422 AD. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / Victory seated right on cuirass, inscribing XX/XXX in two lines on shield set on knee; star in left field, christogram in right field; CONOB. RIC X 223; Depeyrot 73/4. Good VF, light graffiti in obverse field. ($200)