Lot 5034

Description

Leo I, (457-474 A.D.), AE 20 (4.03 g), Constantinople mint, obv. around D N LEO P RPET AG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, rev. SALVS R PVBLCA, Leo standing right, holding labarum and globe, left foot on captive below, CON in exergue, (S.21433, RIC X 660-1, MIB 24a-b, LRBC 2256) (3); Aelia Verina, wife of Leo I, as Augusta, (457-474 A.D.), AE 19, (3.09 g), Constantinople mint, obv. around AEL VER INA AVG, Pearl-diademed and draped bust right, rev. around [SALVS] REI PVBLICA[E], Victory seated right, holding shield inscribed with chi-rho on cippus, in exergue [CONE], (S.21467, RIC X 655; LRBC 2253). Mostly fine - very fine all rare. (5)

Ex Dr. V.J.A. Flynn Collection and previously from Noble Numismatics Sale 106 (lot 3602, 3603, 3604, 3605).