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 29/10/2020 by Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 20, lot 716, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7473198, link to their website: https://www.romanumismatics.com/.

I noted four obverse and two different reverse dies for this officina (including the variant with step which have only one reverse die and of which I have listed only one copy). I saw the coin quoted in the RIC X, n°803, officina H, source: Tafel XXXVII n°2071. The variant is 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.