Ancient Gold Coins
Lot 4813 Session 18 (2.30pm Friday 25 November) Ancient Gold Coins
Estimate $300
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SOLD $240
LEO I, (A.D. 457-474), modern copy of a gold solidus, Constantinople mint, issued 468-473, (3.87 g), obv. Leo three-quarter facing bust, wearing cuirass, paludamentum and crown, holding spear and shield, around DN LEO PE RP ET AVC, rev. Victory standing to left, in right hand holding long cross, in right field a star, around VICTORI A AVGGG O, in exergue CONOB, (cfS.21404, cf.RIC 630, cf.Depeyrot 93/1). Red toning, good very fine.
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Estimate $300
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