Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1933. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (4.32 g, 5h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 462. Pearl-diademed bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and sceptre surmounted by cross potent / Emperor seated facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa and cross potent, globe set on base on either side; star in left field; THSOB. RIC X 620; Depeyrot 58/1. Good VF, test cut on reverse. Rare.

From the Marc Poncin Collection. Ex Spink 165 (8 October 2003), lot 227.