178, Lot: 263. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.41 g). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 462-465. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left, holding long cross; star to right, I/CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. VF, some minor encrustations.