147, Lot: 459. Estimate $150. Sold for $185. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Leo I. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (17mm, 2.84 g). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 462-466. Diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman / Victory standing left, holding long voided cross; star in right field; A/CONOB. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Near VF, clipped, scratch, mounted.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.