Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1853. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS III of Adramytium. 715-717 AD. AV Solidus (4.41 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Crowned facing bust, holding patriarchal globus and akakia / Cross potent on three steps; ZC/CONOB. DOC II 2 var. (officina); MIB III 2; SB 1488. Good VF, slightly warped flan. Very rare. ($2000)

An officina Z has heretofore not been recorded for this variety of Theodosius III solidus.