Leo I, 457-474.  20 mm. 4.24 grams. Struck c. 462-473. 
DN LEO PERPET AC
SALVS R-PVRLCA   [sic]
CON in exergue
Sear IV 21433. RIC X 662 "R4"

This type was extremely rare until the Iron Curtain came down. Many have appeared on western markets since then, but it is still rare. The legend is blundered. The mintmark implies it was minted in Constantinople, but all findspots are in Crimea (in the north Black Sea) and some conjecture it was minted in Cherson in Crimea. It is curious that the only copper in Constantinople was poor AE4's while this remote region had these AE2's.

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