CNG 106, Lot: 860. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo II and Zeno. AD 474. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. D N LEO Eτ Z–ENO P P AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder with right hand, on left arm a shield decorated with horseman spearing an enemy below / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Leo and Zeno seated facing on double throne, each holding mappa in right hand; star and cross above; I//CONOB. RIC X 803; Depeyrot 98/1; Biaggi –. Near EF. Rare.

Ex Continental Collection; Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 768; August Voirol Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 38, 7 December 1968), lot 679; Münzhandlung Basel 10 (15 March 1938), lot 823.