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 17/11/2021 by Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 127, lot 379, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8934291, link to their website: https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/. Formerly: NGSA 6, 2010, 232; Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, 05/03/2012, Auction 203, lot 500; Numismatica Ars Classica, 23/05/2016, Auction 92, lot 886.

I did not note any variant of step as on the coins without officina letter or with other officina letters. The copy of the Dumbarton Oaks remains to be seen.

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.