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 11/01/2022 by Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XXV, lot 1027, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8979578, link to their website: https://www.cngcoins.com/.

I did not note any variant of step as on the coins without officina letter or with other officina letters. I noted three obverse and two different reverse dies. The copy of the Kungelige Myntkabinett of Stockholm remains to be seen to confirm the figure concerning the dies and whether a variant with step exists.

I report this copy with a double strike:

Photo of a coin sold the 10/04/2014 by Heritage Auctions, Auction 3032, lot 23786, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1914301, link to their website: https://www.ha.com/. From The Andre Constantine Dimitriadis Collection. Ex Spink (London, 10 October 1990), lot 220; M & M List 500 (June 1987), no. 120.

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.