450, Lot: 407. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcian. AD 450-457. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.49 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation. Imitating Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; I//CONO(retrograde C). Cf. RIC X 510; cf. Depeyrot 87/1. Wavy flan, some scratches and marks. VF. Wonderfully crude.