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CNG Feature Auction 120

Lot nuber 976

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 462 or 466.


CNG Feature Auction 120
Lot: 976.
 Estimated: $ 5 000

Roman Imperial, Gold

Sold For $ 3 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.37 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck AD 462 or 466. D N LEO PERPET AVG, pearl-diademed, bearded bust left, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in right hand and cruciform scepter in left / VICTORI A AVGGG, Leo I, nimbate, enthroned facing, wearing consular robes, holding mappa in raised right hand and cruciform scepter in left; star to left; THSOB. RIC X 620; Metcalf, Thess. 191 (same obv. die); Depeyrot 58/1. Toned, a few shallow scratches on obverse. Good VF. Rare.

Ex Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 1160 (hammer $8500); Stack’s Bowers Galleries (14 August 2019), lot 20101; 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; Moreira Collection (Part 2, Superior, 10 December 1988), lot 2582.


The final winners of all CNG 120 lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 11-12 May 2022. CNG 120 – Session Three – Roman Republican and Imperatorial Coinage through Early Medieval and Islamic Coinage will be held Thursday morning, 12 May 2022 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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