260, Lot: 563. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (21mm, 4.48 g, 5h). Constantinople mint, 7th officina. Struck 462/6. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield / Victory standing left, holding jeweled long cross; star to right; Z//CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Good VF, a few light scratches on edge, edge filed above bust (after removal of a mount?).