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Auction 37  –  16 May 2017

SINCONA, Auction 37

The Placidia Collection - Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire

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COINAGE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
THEODOSIUS II, 408-450
Mint of Ravenna
Solidus 408-420, Ravenna. Without officina letter. Obv. DN THEODO – SIVS PF AVG Draped and cuirassed bust with pearl diadem to r. Rev. VICTORI – A AVGGG Emperor standing to r. with labarum and globus with Victoriola, spurning captive with l. foot. R – V in field. COMOB in exergue. RIC 1329. LRC349. Depeyrot7/3. 4.47 g. Very rare. Almost extremely fine. Ex Auction Schenk-Behrens. Essen, December 1992. Lot 693. Grierson/Mays LRC propose that this issue may have been struck by Johannes or Honorius in the name of Theodosius II.

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