- Co 218 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 474
- Not before (date)
- 457
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- RIC X Leo 681, p. 293
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/F. Roughly 15% of one edge of coin snapped off; extensive, minute pitting. Incipient pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 53, no. 642 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.88
- Obverse Description
- Diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] LE-ON V G
- Reverse Description
- Monogram within wreath adorned with jewel above and tied flat below
- Reverse Inscription
- Regular Latin monogram of emperor; in exergue, THS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 218 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0218>
