CNG 108, Lot: 695. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius II. AD 402-450. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.43 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 430. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Constantinopolis seated left, with foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and scepter; star to right, shield at side of throne; TЄSOB. RIC X 366; Depeyrot 52/1 corr. (star to right, not left). Choice EF, lustrous surfaces, minor reverse die rust. Rare.

Ex Vico 133 (15 November 2012), lot 2623.