Honorius. AD 393-423. AV Solidus (20.5mm, 4.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 395-402. D N HONORI VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over right shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif on left shoulder / CONCORDI A AVGG, Constantinopolis, helmeted and draped, enthroned facing, head right, right foot on prow, holding scepter in right hand and, in left hand, holding Victory on globe left who holds wreath in extended right hand and palm frond in left arm; CONOB. RIC X 8; Depeyrot 55/2; Biaggi –; Mazzini 3 var. (officina). Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6708929-006, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5. Very rare without officina letter.
Ex Dr. Michael Rogers Collection (Part III, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 14 August 2023), lot 50166; Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 1031.
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