VICTORIA AVGG (18 january / 17 november 474)

Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Leo I to the right.

Victoria (Angel) to the right, seated on a cuirass behind which is a shield. Victoria supporting a shield on her knees that she inscribe. On the shield is inscribed: XXXX. A star on the left of Victoria and  to the right.

One coin preserved at the British Museum, Museum number 1867,1228.10, purchased in 1867 from M. Souratty. Link to the coin: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1867-1228-10. It is the copy illustrated in the RIC X, plate 27, n°806. 

Other sources given by the RIC X: Historisches Museum of Basel, American Numismatic Society of New York, Museo Nazionale of Ravenna and the Hermitage Museum of St Petersburg. It is necessary to consult these coins to check if a variant exists. I add to these sources the Ratto 274, illustrated plate VII; this coin has different dies from the example preserved at the British Museum.

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.