Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1886. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Honorius. AD 393-423. AV Solidus (4.38 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. Struck AD 421. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear forward and shield with Christogram; diadem ribbons to left / Roma and Constantinopolis seated vis-à-vis on cuirasses with throne backs, holding inscribed wreath set on palm between them; R-V//COMOB. RIC X 1332; Depeyrot 4/2. VF, reverse struck with worn die. Very rare.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.