Description: Leo I (457 - 474 AD). AE4, Constantinople mint. D N LEO P F AVG; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Lion left, looking back, within wreath.

Diameter: AE9 mm

Weight: 0,4 g

Grade: gF/gF

Attribution: RIC 666-680

Commentary: dark grey patina, tight flan

History: Leo was a harsh persecutor of heretics and remaining pagans, though his magister militum, Aspar, was an Arian.

Article Number: 049-02-07-41652