Sale: Triton X, Lot: 820. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcian. AD 450-457. AV Solidus (4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. 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, sharp strike on both sides.