296, Lot: 399. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.41 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck AD 462-466. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / Victory standing left, holding jeweled long cross; star to right; Z//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Good VF, slightly uneven strike, officina letter appears to be recut.