Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1267. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VALENTINIAN II. 375-392 AD. AV Solidus (4.47 gm, 12h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 380 AD. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCOR-DIA AVGGG•, Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head right, right foot on prow, holding sceptre in right hand and globe in left; CONOB. RIC IX -; Depeyrot 30 note; Hunter -; DOC -. EF. Very rare variety with unbroken obverse legend, only the second recorded specimen. ($1000)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection. Ex Leu 86 (5-6 May 2003), lot 1030.