Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1786. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THEODOSIUS II. 402-450 AD. AV Solidus (4.50 gm, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 443 AD. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Constantinopolis seated left, foot on prow, holding globus cruciger and sceptre; shield at her side, star to left; COMOB. RIC X 307; Depeyrot 84/1 (and p. 256, note). Near EF. ($500)