Rare Johannes Solidus

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 816. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $5800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Johannes. Usurper, AD 423-425. AV Solidus (4.41 g, 6h). Ravenna mint. D N IOHAN-NES P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Johannes standing right, holding standard in right hand and Victory on globe in left, trampling on captive to right; R-V//COMOB. RIC X 1901; Ulrich-Bansa 2; Depeyrot 12/1; DOCLR 819. Good VF, small dig behind head on obverse, a pair of short, shallow scratches on reverse. Rare.

From the Mark Poncin Collection. Ex Elsen 83 (12 March 2005), lot 618.