Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 1949. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HONORIUS. 393-423 AD. AV Solidus (4.43 gm). Struck circa 408-420 AD. Thessalonica mint. Diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over right shoulder and on left arm shield decorated with a standing figure of Victory holding a wreath in each hand / Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head right, right foot on prow, holding sceptre in right hand, Victory on a globe in left; */COMOB. RIC X 348; Depeyrot 47/1. VF. Very rare. ($1000)

This rare gold solidus, attributed to the Thessalonica mint, was issued in Honorius' name by his nephew Theodosius II, emperor in the east. It has the facing military bust typical of eastern solidi in the fifth century, while the reverse depicts a seated figure of Constantinopolis, the personification of the imperial capital in the east.