CNG 97, Lot: 744. Estimate $500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. Æ Exagium solidi weight (18mm, 4.00 g, 12h). Crowned and draped bust facing / Monogram of Leo. Bendall, Weights 16. VF, green patina. Extremely rare.

Bendall notes that this form of monogram with the E to the left is only found on coins from the mint of Thessalonica.