The Empress Verina

243, Lot: 525. Estimate $200. Sold for $290. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. Æ (11mm, 0.96 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Pearl diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Verina standing facing, holding globus cruciger and scepter; b-E. RIC X 714. VF, earthen patina. Rare.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.