Triton XVIII, Lot: 1274. Estimate $750. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 6th officina. D N LEO PE RPET AVC, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed facing bust, holding spear in right hand over shoulder, on left arm a shield decorated with horseman spearing an enemy below / VICTORI A AVCC, Victory standing left, holding jeweled long cross; star in right field; S//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1; DOCLR 525; Biaggi –. EF, lustrous. A well struck example.

From the D. Fagan Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern.