SINCONA Auction 37
The Placidia Collection: Coins of Eastern Rome and the Byzantine Empire
COINAGE OF THE EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE LEO I, 457-474
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Starting price | 10,000 CHF |
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Description
Solidus 462-466. Consular issue
Obv. D N LEO PERPET AVG Helmeted and cuirassed bust to l., holding mappa in r. hand, cross in l. hand.
Rev. VICTORI - A AVGGG Emperor, nimbate and in consular robes, enthroned facing, holding mappa and cruciform sceptre. Star in l. field. THSOB in exergue.
RIC 620. LRC 556-558.
4.05 g. Very rare. Mint lustre. Extremely fine.
Purchased from SKA Monetarium, Zurich, Mai 1987