Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1776. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARCADIUS. 383-408 AD. AV Solidus (4.45 gm, 11h). Constantinople mint. Struck 383-385 AD. Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, foot on prow, holding sceptre and globe; lion heads on arms of throne; Z//CONOB. RIC IX 46g.2-3; Depeyrot 38/6. Near EF. ($500)

The mintmark Z and retrograde Z are both noted for this issue. This particular coin appears to have both, though it is uncertain which is engraved over the other.