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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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Leo I, with Leo II as Caesar. AD 457-474. AV Solidus (19mm, 4.39 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck October AD 473-January 474. D N LEO PE RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear in right hand over right shoulder and shield in left / SALVS REI PVBLICAE C, Leo I and Leo II, nimbate, enthroned facing; star above cross between them, the throne with back and curved sides; CONOB. RIC X 638; Depeyrot 92/1; DOCLR 533. Lustrous. Near EF. Very rare.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Glenn W. Woods Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 1064; Berk BBS 108 (12 May 1999), lot 16.
The "C" at the end of the legend on reverse stands for "Caesar", the title conferred on Leo II.
From the Peter J. Merani Collection. Ex Glenn W. Woods Collection (Triton VII, 13 January 2004), lot 1064; Berk BBS 108 (12 May 1999), lot 16.
The "C" at the end of the legend on reverse stands for "Caesar", the title conferred on Leo II.