LOT 4220
Leo I AV Solidus. AD 462-473. Thessalonica mint.
D N LEO PE-RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in left and right fields, THSOB in exergue. RIC X 618; Depeyrot 59/1. Good Very Fine.(4.40gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4220
Leo I AV Solidus.
Estimate £700 - 900€810 - 1,040 (for guidance only)$950 - 1,220 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£375 (EUR 435; USD 506) +BP*
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Zeno AV Solidus. AD 476-491. Thessalonica mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
D N ZENO PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in left and right fields, CONOB in exergue. RIC X 939; Depeyrot 62/1. 4.39gr, 21mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the Campostella Collection. Acquired from Münzen & Medaillen AG Basel, February 1990. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 586. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 3.02gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. AD 476-489. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Zeno.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
D N ZENO PERP AVG (AV ligate), pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; M-D across fields, star to left, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3601; Lacam pl. 53, 55; Depeyrot 39/1. 4.34gr, 21mm, 12h.
About Mint State. Extremely rare.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
