Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1230. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS II. 402-450 AD. AV Solidus (4.48 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 425-429 AD. Helmeted, diademed, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / Theodosius and Valentinian, nimbate, enthroned facing, both in consular robes, holding mappa and cruciform sceptre; above and between them a star; A/CONOB. RIC X 237; Depeyrot 79/1. EF. ($750)