Unlisted variety RRRRR AE2 of Verina, wife of Leo I (457-474 AD), Roman Empire (RIC 655 var)

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Verina facing right, AEL VER-INA AVG / SALVS REIPVCOCAE, Victory seated right, inscribing a shield supported by a small column, CONE in exergue. 20mm, 3.86 grams. Constantinople mintmark (perhaps minted elsewhere). RIC 655 var.

Unlisted with this mis-spelling of REIPVBLICAE. Interesting unique style.

Aelia Verina (died 484) was the Empress consort of Leo I of the Byzantine Empire. She was a sister of Basiliscus. Her daughter Ariadne was Empress consort of first Zeno and then Anastasius I. Verina was the maternal grandmother of Leo II.


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