CNG 94, Lot: 1249. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.45 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Probably struck AD 462 or 466. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield / Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; I//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. EF, lustrous, slightly soft obverse strike.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 1027.