CNG 99, Lot: 761. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcian. AD 450-457. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. D N MARCIA NVS˙ P˙ F˙ AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; CONOB. RIC X 508; Depeyrot 87/1 var. (no punctuation in obv. legend). Superb EF, lustrous, short, light scratch on reverse. The rarer variety with punctuated obverse legend.

From the LJH Collection, purchased from Herakles, May 2007.