423, Lot: 385. Estimate $400. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck AD 462 or 466. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / Victory standing left, holding long, jeweled cross; star to right; I//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Good VF, surfaces a little dull (sea salvage), a couple of scratches.

From the WRG Collection, purchased from William B. Porter, June 1988.