Description: Leo I (457 - 474 AD). AE4, Constantinople mint. D N LEO; diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / b-E; empress Verina, crowned, standing facing, holding sceptre and globus cruciger.

Diameter: AE11 mm

Weight: 1,34 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RIC 714

Commentary: olive-brown patina, good details

History: In 467 AD Leo I came to an agreement with Ricimer, the Western magister militum, which for exchange of the Eastern emperor on the throne of the Western Empire (Anthemius) comprised the retaking of Africa from Vandals by Leo I - an expedition which was a military and financial desaster.

Article Number: 049-01-03-41652