SALVS REIPVBLICAE (18 january / 17 november 474)

Reference : AYC #4 alt obv, RIC 803 note

Weight: ?

Metal: Gold

Diameter: ?

Scarcity: Very rare

Type:

Obverse

Reverse

D N LEO ET Z - ENO PP AVG
/ D N LEO PE - RPET AVG

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.

SALVS REI - PVBLICAE

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.

Marks

CONOB

Numéro :

Coin quoted in the RIC X page 298, n°803. the source: ''Bi'' is not clear. Indeed B with the lowercase letter I does not correspond to any reference in the book. It is therefore most likely a typing error. The source would therefore be Bl (lowercase L) indicating ''Basel, Historisches Museum''.

The reference AYC #4 alt obv indicate ''altered obverse''. The obverse legend being inscribed above D N LEO PE - RPET AVG.

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.