Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1817. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $540. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS II. 402-450 AD. AV Solidus (4.44 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 443 AD. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman / Constantinopolis enthroned left, left foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; shield at her side, star in left field; COMOB. RIC X 301; Depeyrot 84/1. EF, obverse lightly double-struck. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex McLendon Collection (Christie's New York, 12 June 1993), lot 225.