415, Lot: 528. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius II. AD 402-450. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.43 g, 11h). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa AD 403-408. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield, Christogram on chest plate / Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, holding spear and Victory on globe, right foot on prow of galley left; star in left field; COMOB. RIC X 44; Depeyrot 46/3. Near EF, lightly toned, graffiti in obverse field.

From the D. Massey Collection. Ex Goldberg 70 (4 September 2012), lot 3438; Dr. Andreas Sommer Collection (Gorny & Mosch 203, 5 March 2012), lot 476; Hirsch 186 (10 March 1995), lot 1540.