SALVS REIPVBLICAE (18 januaryr / 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 07/11/2016 by Auktionshaus H.D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 102, lot 613, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3449144, link to their website: https://www.hdrauch.com/site/de/.

I notice the letter B of CONOB on the reverse which is badly inscribed. It resembles what I noted for the coinage of Zeno alone: ​​sometimes badly inscribed letters B and the presence of the mark CONOR. Another copy shows a letter B in shape of . Showing once again the difficulty of engraving this letter at this period. Here is the coin:

Photo of a coin sold the 14/05/2014 by Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 96, lot 944, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1957065, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/. From the Bramhall Collection. Ex Robert Bridge Collection.

I did not note any variant of step as on the coins without officina letter or with other officina letters. Even if a line seems to be superimposed on the line of the ground under the feet of Leo II, it remains too minimal to conclude with a representation of a step. The copy of the Museo Civico of Turin remains to be seen.

Ratto 273, Plate VII has different dies and displays a cross above the throne with transverse extensions on the edges of the horizontal bar.

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.