Description: Leo I (457 - 474 AD). AE2, Constantinople mint, for use at Cherson. DN LEO PE RPET AVG; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVS RPVBLICA (sic); Leo standing right, holding labarum and globe, spuring bound captive, CON in ex.

Diameter: AE19 mm

Weight: 2,76 g

Grade: F/F

Attribution: RIC X 657

Commentary: rare; patina with strong deposits

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: 038-02-05-41652