Rare Consular Solidus

CNG 108, Lot: 703. Estimate $10000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 462 or 466. D N LEO PERPET AVG, pearl-diademed bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cruciform scepter / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Leo enthroned facing, nimbate and wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cruciform scepter; star to left; THSOB. RIC X 620; Metcalf, Thess. 191 (same obv. die); Depeyrot 58/1. In NGC encapsulation, 3928170-021, graded MS*, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5. Rare.

Ex Property of a European Nobleman (Numismatica Ars Classica 24, 5 December 2002), lot 353; William J. Conte Collection (Baldwin’s 2, 5 October 1994), lot 19; Superior (10 December 1988), lot 2582.