289, Lot: 420. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.27 g, 5h). Constantinople mint, 6th officina. Struck AD 462-466. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman / Victory standing left, holding long cross; star to right; ς//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. VF, minor die break in obverse legend, graffito (X or +) on reverse.