253, Lot: 435. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.45 g, 5h). Constantinople mint, 1st officina. Struck AD 462 or 466. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with soldier on horseback motif / Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; star to right; A//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. EF, small scratch on edge between 2 and 3h.