LATE ROMAN COINAGE
Leo I, 457 – 474
Solidus, Constantinopolis 471 or 473, AV 4.48 g. D N LEO PERPET AVG Pearl-diademed half bust l. wearing consular robes and holding mappa and long cross-tipped sceptre. Rev. SALVS PVBLICAE C Two emperors, nimbate, enthroned facing; both hold mappa and globus cruciger . In exergue, CONOB. MIRB 2 (obv.) and 12a var. (rev.). LRC –. Depeyrot –. RIC – cf. 629 (for reverse).
Apparently unrecorded. A very interesting bust, unobtrusive traces of
overstriking on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine
Ex NGSA sale VI, 2010, 229.