Triton XVI, Lot: 1213. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius II. AD 402-450. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa AD 424/5-430. D N THEODO SIVS P F AVG, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy / GLOR ORVI S TERRAR (sic), Theodosius, diademed and in military outfit, standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger; star in left field; TESOB. RIC X 363; Hahn 58; Depeyrot 51/1. In NGC encapsulation graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.

Ex White Mountain Collection (Triton XIII, 5 January 2010), lot 419; Hess-Leu 49 (27 April 1971), lot 490.