Sale: Nomos 3 & 4, Lot: 248. Estimate CHF2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 May 2011.  Sold For CHF1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodosius II. AD 402-450. Solidus (Gold, 4.48 g 6), Constantinople, 408-420. DN THEODO-SIVS P F AVG Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Theodosius facing, wearing pearl diadem and holding spear in his right hand and with a shield bearing a cavalryman riding over a fallen foe over his left shoulder. Rev. CONCORDI-A AVGGH / CONOB Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head to right, holding long staff in her right hand and Victory on globe in her left; in field to left, star. Depeyrot 7372. RIC 202. An unusually nice example, lustrous and well-struck. Good extremely fine.

From a Swiss private collection.