Description
Byzantine Empire. Leo I, 457-474. Solidus 462-466, Thessalonica. Gold 4.4 g.; 20.4 mm.
Obverse: Bust of Leo I, bearded, pearl-diademed, wearing consular robes, left, holding mappa in right hand and cruciform sceptre in left hand. Obverse caption: D N LEO PERPET AVG //
Reverse: Leo I, nimbate, wearing consular robes, enthroned, facing front, holding mappa in right hand and cruciform sceptre in left hand; star in left field. Reverse caption: VICTORI-A AVGGG // THSOB
RIC: X-620. RIC X Leo I (East) 620.
Nice light patina, few scratches on the observe. Rare. Almost uncirculated AU 50-53
Provenance Details
Ex William J. Conte Collection (Baldwin's 2, 5 October 1994), lot 19; Moreira Collection (Part 2, Superior, 10 December 1988), lot 2582.
Ex Triton XXIV (19 January 2021), lot 1160 ; Stack's Bowers Galleries (14 August 2019), lot 20101; Property of a European Nobleman (Numismatica Ars Classica 24, 5 December 2002), lot 353.
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