Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1276. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS II. 402-450 AD. AV Solidus (4.47 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 430-439 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 / VOT XXX MVLT XXXX, Constantinopolis, helmeted, seated left, holding globus cruciger in right hand and sceptre in left, left foot on prow, left elbow resting on shield at her side; star in right field; E/CONOB. RIC X 257; Depeyrot 81/1; Hunter 12; DOCLR 381. Choice EF, lustrous. ($500)