Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1275. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS II. 402-450 AD. AV Solidus (4.33 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 425-429 AD. D N THEODO-SIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif on left arm / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Theodosius and Valentinian, nimbate, enthroned facing, both wearing consular robe, holding mappa and cruciform sceptre; star above; I/CONOB. RIC X 237; Depeyrot 79/1; Hunter 10; DOCLR 376. EF, light graffito on reverse. ($750)

From the Malcolm W. Heckman Collection.