106, Lot: 279. Estimate $300. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARCIAN. 450-457 AD. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 gm). Constantinople mint. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star in right field; Z/CONOB. RIC X 510; DOCLR 481; Depeyrot 87/1. Good VF.

The three Marcian solidi in this sale were all struck from the same pair of dies.