Description: Leo I (457 - 474 AD). AE2, Cherson mint. DN LEO PRPET AG; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / SALVS RPVRLCA; Leo standing right, holding labarum and globe, spurning bound captive, CON in ex.

Diameter: AE20 mm

Weight: 3,92 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 663; MIRB 24b

Commentary: scarce; green patina, attractive for this type

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: 050-05-03-41652