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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1269. Estimate $750. 
Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. 
Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARCADIUS. 383-408 AD. AV Solidus (4.50 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 387 AD. D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONCORDI-A AVGGG, Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated facing, head right, right foot on prow, holding sceptre in right hand and in left a shield inscribed VOT/VX/MVLT/VX (sic) in four lines; D/CONOB. RIC IX 70(c).2 var. (legend on shield); Depeyrot 45/4 var. (same); DOCLR 77 var. (same). Superb EF. ($750)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.

An interesting variant with the imperial vows on the shield mis-engraved.