Contemporary Imitation

CNG 96, Lot: 942. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AR Siliqua (17mm, 1.24 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of a Constantinople mint issue of AD 473-474. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right / S(retrograde)ΛL/PEI/PVI in three lines within wreath; CO(NS retrograde)*. Cf. RIC X 648; cf. RSC 12†b. Good VF, toned, contact marks and scratches under tone, some deposits.

From the Bramhall Collection, acquired from Baldwin’s in 1986.