Leo I AV Solidus. Thessalonica, AD 462-473. D N LEO PERPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarters facing bust, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing left, supporting long cross; star in both left and right fields, THSOB in exergue. RIC 618; Depeyrot 59/1. 4.45g, 21mm, 6h.
Mint State. Rare.
Acquired from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung;
Ex collection of a Munich physician, purchased 1960s - late 1990s.