Here is a very rare AE2 of Leo I with VIRTVS reverse (even rarer than SALVS). I also have it at the tope of my main page: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html Leo I, 457-474 AE2 Large 19-18 mm. VIRTVS EXRCT CONE in exergue RIC X 652 "R5" The VIRTVS type is rarer than the SALVS type. emperor standing right holding standard and globe, spurning small captive at feet. The type is very rare and AE2s are remarkably large for the time period when most coins are AE4s. Some scholars think the type was struck as Constantinople (as the mintmark says) although the type is found only in Crimea (formerly Ukraine, now Russia). None on vcoins or MA-Shops. [$125+$% shipping in the US, $3 more to other countries.] This is a very remarkable type, so when RIC X has it as "R5" you know it was extremely rare when RIC came out, although less so now.
