312, Lot: 233. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Marcian. AD 450-457. AV Tremissis (16mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Victory advancing right, head left, holding wreath and globus cruciger; star to right; CONOB. RIC X 518; Depeyrot 87/5. VF, wavy flan, small crimp on edge. The rarest of the 3 varieties listed in RIC with the reverse legend broken VICTOR-IA.