Aelia Ariadne, AV Tremissis, 14 mm, Constantinopolis 474-491 AD, 1.46 g.

AEL ARI–AUNE AVG, pearl-diademed, draped bust right.
Plain cross within wreath with dot in the badge at the top of the wreath.
Mintmark CONOB star.

RIC 933a; Sear 21568.

Extremely rare. 

With permission of cngcoins.com, Sept. 2013.
Ex Stack's Bowers and Ponterio 168 (8 August 2012), lot 20521. Estimate: $10,000.