| Coins.ee OY > Auction 64 | Auction date: 9 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 178 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Roman Empire Eastern Roman Empire (Constantinople) AV Solidus c. AD 462-466 - Leo I (AD 457-473) 4.38g. 20mm. XF/XF. Obv.: pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust of Leo facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman; "D N LEO PE-RPET AVG".Rev: Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; to right, star; "VICTORI-A AVGGG I (officina letter)"; CONOB in exergue. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Starting price: 600 EUR |  |
Match 1:
| Coins.ee OY > Auction Aurum Edition 1 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 6 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Roman Empire Eastern Roman Empire (Constantinople) AV Solidus c. AD 462-466 - Leo I (AD 457-473) 4.38g. 20mm. XF/XF. Obv.: pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust of Leo facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with horseman; "D N LEO PE-RPET AVG".Rev: Victory standing left, holding long jeweled cross; to right, star; "VICTORI-A AVGGG I (officina letter)"; CONOB in exergue. RIC X 605; Depeyrot 93/1. Starting price: 575 EUR |  |
Match 2:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 1 | Auction date: 16 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 598 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Roman Imperial Theodosius II (402-450 AD.) AV Solidus (22mm, 4,31 g.), Thessalonica, 424/5-430 AD. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust of Theodosius facing slightly right, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy. Rev. GLOR ORVIS TERRAR / TESOB Theodosius standing facing holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in field to left, star. Depeyrot 51/1. RIC X, 365. A particularly beautiful example with an excellent 3/4 facing bust of the emperor, struck on a broad flan Extremely Fine. Rare. Estimate: 1800 EUR Starting price: 1440 EUR |  |
Match 3:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 2 | Auction date: 10 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 513 Price realized: 1,300 EUR (Approx. 1,402 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Roman Imperial Theodosius II 402-450 AD. AV Solidus (22mm, 4,31 g.), Thessalonica, 424/5-430 AD. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust of Theodosius facing slightly right, holding spear over his right shoulder and shield decorated with horseman spearing a fallen enemy. Rev. GLOR ORVIS TERRAR / TESOB Theodosius standing facing holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; in field to left, star. Depeyrot 51/1. RIC X, 365. A particularly beautiful example with an excellent 3/4 facing bust of the emperor, struck on a broad flan Extremely Fine. Much Rarer mint and reverse variety. Estimate: 1500 EUR Starting price: 1200 EUR |  |
Match 4:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 937 Price realized: 2,000 USD (Approx. 1,832 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Zeno. Second reign, AD 476-491. AV Solidus (20mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Constantinople mint, 10th officina. D N ZENO PERP AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over right shoulder in right hand and shield decorated with horseman motif on left shoulder / VICTORI A AVGGG, Victory, draped, standing left, holding long jeweled cross in right hand; star to right; I//CONOB. RIC X 910 and 929; Depeyrot 108/1. Lightly toned with some luster, a few light scratches. EF. Zeno's ascent to the throne in the east followed an interesting path. The succession of Emperor Leo I during the latter part of his reign was not secure as he had no surviving son. His hope rested in an heir being produced from his daughter Ariadne's marriage to the Isaurian soldier Zeno. The couple produced a son and heir for Leo I who was also given the name Leo. When Leo I's health began to fail, he elevated his grandson to the rank of Caesar in October AD 473 and subsequently as Augustus in January 474. Leo I died a few days later. This left the young and sickly Leo II as sole emperor. Leo I's widow Aelia Verina arranged for Leo II to appoint his own father, Zeno, as co-emperor on 9 February AD 474. This arrangement lasted until the young Leo II died in November of the same year. This left Zeno as sole ruler. Zeno was thrust into a difficult political climate in Constantinople that required one to possess great political acumen to survive. He was ultimately deposed and fled with his wife to Isauria on 9 January AD 475. Zeno, however, was an adept survivor and successfully navigated a return to power. His second reign lasted from late August 476 until his death in 491. Upon his death, the question of succession again arose. This time, his widow, Ariadne appointed a court official named Anastasius as his successor who she then married and continued her tenure as empress. Thus the page turned to the reign of Anastasius who reformed the currency system and ushered in what is now widely divided from late Roman coinage and instead referred to as Byzantine coinage. This distinction leaves Zeno as the final late Roman emperor in the east. Zeno's storied career has recently been given greater attention and treatment in scholarship making his coinage a ripe collecting area. Estimate: 750 USD |  |
Match 5:
| Spink > Auction 393 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 9 Price realized: 525 USD (Approx. 484 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Roman Imperial. Eastern Roman Empire. Theodosius II (AV 402-450). AV Solidus. Constantinople, third officina, struck AD 430-440. 4.36 gms. Pearl-diademed, helmeted, and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear and shield, rev. Constantinopolis seated facing, head right, foot on prow, holding scepter and Victory on globe, star left field, legend ends gamma, CONOB in ex. RIC 202. Very lightly clipped. NGC XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5. Ex Stack's Bowers Auction, Philadelphia ANA, August 14, 2012 (Internet only), lot 50006.. Estimate: $400 - $500 |  |
