Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1612. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARCIAN. 450-457 AD. AV Solidus (4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 450-457 AD. D N MARCIA-NVS 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 / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long cross in right hand; star in right field; Z//CONOB. RIC X 510; Depeyrot 87/1; DOCLR 481. Superb EF. Lustrous and sharply struck. ($750)