Arcadius. AD 383-408. AV Solidus (19.5mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 402. D N ARCADI 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 / NOVA SPES REIPVBLICAE, Victory, draped at waist, seated right on cuirass, supporting shield set on left knee with left hand and inscribing XX/ XXX in two lines on it with stylus held in right hand; CONOB. RIC X 23; Depeyrot 54/1; Biaggi –; Mazzini –. Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6708929-014, graded MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, light marks. From a very scarce one-year issue.
Ex Dr. Michael Rogers Collection (Part III, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, 14 August 2023), lot 50164; A North American Collection (Triton XI, 8 January 2008), lot 1021; William H. Williams Collection (Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 1127.
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