Live auction - brm_532227 - LEO I Solidus

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Estimate :	850 €
Price :	570 €
Maximum bid :	570 €
End of the sale :	03 December 2019 15:20:37
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: 462-466

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Diameter : 20 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,46 g.

Officine: 8e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste de Léon Ier. Revers de haut relief et de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine

Catalogue references :

RIC.605 - RCV.21404 (750$) - Dep.93 /1 (100 ex.) - LRC. - - R.- - MRK.171 /4

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N LEO PE-RPET AVG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Léon Ier de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a).

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Leo Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Léon perpétuel auguste).