Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1807. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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HONORIUS. 393-423 AD. AV Solidus (4.48 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 408-423 AD. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman / Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding sceptre and Victory on globe, right foot on prow; star in left field; H/CONOB. RIC X 201; Depeyrot 73/1. Near EF, sharp strike, bezel marks along edge. ($750)
From the Tony Hardy Collection. Ex Property of a European Nobleman (Numismatica Ars Classica 24, 5 December 2002), lot 331; William J. Conte Collection (Baldwin 2, 5 October 1994), lot 14.