299, Lot: 485. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.46 g, 5h). Constantinople mint, 7th 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; Z//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. EF, lustrous, slight wave in flan, a few light scratches.