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- Co 218 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Thessalonica) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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474
- Not before (date)
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457
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC X Leo 681, p. 293
- Preservation comment
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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
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KenchreaiIII, p. 53, no. 642 (R. Hohlfelder)
- Axis (1-12)
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6
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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11.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Thessalonica
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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0.88
- Obverse Description
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Diademed, draped, and [cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
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[D N] LE-ON V G
- Reverse Description
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Monogram within wreath adorned with jewel above and tied flat below
- Reverse Inscription
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Regular Latin monogram of emperor; in exergue, THS
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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