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.

Victoria (Angel) standing left, holding a long latin cross decorated with jewels. Behind her on the right, a star.

Photo of a coin sold the 27/01/2019 by Savoca Numismatik, 30th silver Auction, lot 457, link to the sale: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5631297.

This coin shares the same reverse die as the copy preserved British Museum, Museum number R.353, link to the coin: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_R-353. It is the copy illustrated in the RIC X plate 27, n°805.

I have listed five obverse and three different reverse dies for this type. Some reverse dies display an incomplete letter B resembling an R. This is a lack of space during the engraving and not a desire to display a letter R as for Zeno.

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.

On the reverse I noted ''Angel'' in the description. We can also say that this is Victoria but the image of the victory at that time had indeed become that of an angel symbolizing the Christian victory.