Description: Leo I (457 - 474 AD). AE2 Cherson mint. D N LEO PERPET AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVS REPVBLICA; emperor standing right, left foot on captive, holding standard and globe, CON in ex.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 5,52 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: Sear 4339; LRBC 2254

Commentary: scarce; grey patina, decent details

History: In 468 AD Leo issued a law which banned pagans from being lawyers - an indication that even after 150 years the paganism was not completely ousted even in the religious center of the Eastern Empire.

Article Number: 048-07-03-41652