229, Lot: 454. Estimate $100. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. Æ 10mm (1.37 g, 12h). Constantinople mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Lion crouching left, head reverted; above, [star or cross]; all within wreath; CON. Cf. RIC X 668 (cross on obv.); cf. LRBC 2258 (same). Fine, black patina with earthen deposits.