Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1875. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LEONTIUS. 695-698 AD. Æ Follis (2.82 gm). Ravenna mint. Dated RY 1 (695/6 AD). Crowned facing bust, wearing loros, holding cross potent / Large M; cross above, ANNO I across field, RAV. DOC II 30 var. (no date); E-C 240 var. (same); MIB III 39 var. (same); SB 1358. VF for type, dark green patina, ragged flan. Overstruck on uncertain type. Rare. ($200)

None of the published specimens of Ravenna folles of Leontius bear a regnal year. On this specimen, the ANNO is clear and the I is weak but present.