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LOT 3888
Leo I, with Verina AE Nummus. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
[D N L]EO, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / b-E, Aelia Verina standing facing, holding globus cruciger and sceptre. RIC X 714: LRBC II, 2275. Good Very Fine.(0.91gr, 10mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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