296, Lot: 400. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 8th officina. Struck AD 462-466. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left, holding jeweled long cross; star to right; H//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Good VF, slightly wavy flan, traces of double strike on reverse.