SALVS REIPVBLICAE (18 january / 17 november 474)

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 27/05/2019 by Hess Divo AG, Auction 336, lot 301, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6021419, link to their website: https://www.hessdivo.com/en. Formerly: Auctiones AG, Basel 23, 1993, lot 651 (to confirm, source: Hess Divo AG); UBS Gold & Numismatics, 22/01/2008, Auction 75, lot 1143; resold after Hess Divo by Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger le 25/09/2019, Auction 352, lot 3234.

Variant without step.

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.