crowned bust left with pearl earring and necklace
Toned around rims with underlying lustre
rev first crowned quartered shield of arms
WWP on ground line below lance for William Wellesley Pole (Bentley 12
good extremely fine and one of the best examples we have seen
Leo I, Gold Solidus crowned bust left with pearlLeo I (A. D. 457 474), Gold Solidus. Mint of Constantinople, struck A. D. 457 68. D N LEO PE RPET AVG, pearl diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, slightly inclined to right, rev. VICTORI A AVGGG Z, Victory standing left, supporting a long jewelled cross, a star on right, CONOB in exergue, 4. 46g., 6h (RIC 605; Depeyrot 93 1). Lustrous, extremely fine.