Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1784. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS II. 402-450 AD. AV Solidus (4.43 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 430-440 AD. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Constantinopolis seated left, foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; shield at her side, star to right, no points in legend; I//CONOB. RIC X 257; Depeyrot 81/1. Good VF, small area of light encrustation on obverse. ($500)