LEO GOLD SOLIDUS – VICTORY WITH CROSS ISSUE – CHOICE MINT STATE NGC GRADED EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE COIN (Inv. 19966)

$3,200.00

19966. EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE. LEO I, 457–474 AD.
Gold Solidus, 4.38 g, 21 mm. Issue of Constantinople, officina Z, struck AD 462–466.
Obv. DN LEO PERPET AVC, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Leo facing slightly right, holding spear and shield with horseman device. Rev. VICTORIA AVCCC Z, Victory standing left, holding jeweled cross, star in right field, CONOB in exergue.
RIC X 605.
Ex Harlan J. Berk, Buy or Bid Sale 179, 5/24/2012, lot 52, (with old dealer’s ticket).
NGC graded CHOICE MINT STATE, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/4, “clipped,” well struck and with great visual appeal.