CNG 96, Lot: 932. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (19mm, 3.83 g, 12h). Mediolanum (Milan) mint. Struck 2 August-19 November AD 461. Rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Leo I standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe, foot on head of human-headed coiled serpent; M-D//COMOB. RIC X 2512; Ulrich-Bansa, Moneta 133; Depeyrot 27/7. Fine, ex-jewelry, some earthen deposits. Very rare.

From the Bramhall Collection. Ex Anton C. R. Dreesmann Collection (Spink, 13 July 2000), lot 345.