SALVS REIPVBLICAE (18 january / 17 november 474)

D N LEO ZE - NO PP AG

Bust of Leo I facing, cuirassed, wearing a helmet with crest and a pearl diadem. Holding a spear passing behind his head with the right hand and a decorated shield with a horseman slaying an enemy, with the left hand.

Leo II on the left and Zeno on his right, both seated on throne. A latin cross placed between their two heads. A star placed Between REI and PVBLICAE.

Photo of a coin sold the 23/05/2016 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 92, lot 885, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3108299, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/.

The RIC X page 298 note for the n°803 a copy sold by Münzen und Medaillen, catalogue 52, 19 and 20 June 1975, lot 815. The coin has been sold the 12 january 2009, in Stack's, catalog Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini, lot 3038. The author writes that the sale noted an obverse legend without ET with AG. The copy sold 10/04/2014 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3032, lot 23785 is given by the auction house as being the copy quoted by the RIC X. Looking at the photos, it actually seems to be the same copy taken from a different angle (the photo from Heritage Auctions is slightly inclined). Here is the coin:

Photo d'une monnaie vendue le 10/04/2014 par Heritage Auctions, Auction 3032, lot 23785, lien vers la vente: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1914300, lien vers leur site: https://www.ha.com/.

  I note that all the specimens that I have been able to see have all the same dies. I also point out another copy having undergone a double strike. Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 19/05/2004 by Classical Numismatic Group, Mail Bid Sale 66, lot 1660, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=175273, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. Copy resold by the same auction house the 14/06/2006, Mail Bid Sale 72, lot 1940.

On the obverse I noted ''Bust of Leo I'' because it is obvious that it is not a portrait of Leo II who is a child.