Triton XVI, Lot: 1230. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 462-473. D N LEO PE RPET AVG, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy / VICTOR IA AVGGG, Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross in right hand; stars in left and right fields; THSOB. RIC X 618; Hahn 16a; Depeyrot 59/1. In NGC encapsulation graded Ch MS, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Some light scratches on reverse.

Ex Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini Collection (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 3032; Hess-Leu 41 (24 April 1969), lot 732.