Co 310 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Antioch) [permalink]
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 I 679, p. 293, pl. 26
Comparanda
LRBC II.2813, p. 103
Contributor Notes
2015 (late June): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2022: JLR identified coin after consultation with Alan Walker.
Description
JLR: Unusual differential wear pattern, on same scale as lion-reverse, preserves pattern with vertical and diagonal bars, S above center, and O or loop below. Is this a shallow overstriking off-center to lower right? e.g. enwreathed monogram of Theodahad (534-536) on bronze issues from Ravenna. Cf. Kraus1928, pp. 143-144, Theodohad 12, 16, 17, pl. VIII; MIBI Ostrogoten 83, pp. 90, 131, pl. 41
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 764 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
Axis (1-12)
12
Has denomination
AE4
Numismatic Authority
Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
10.5
Numismatic Mint
Antioch on the Orontes
Numismatic Weight (g)
0.69
Obverse Description
Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within thin dotted border
Obverse Inscription
D N LE[O P]E AVG
Reverse Description
Apparent overstriking (q.v.)
Reverse Description
Lion crouching to left and turning head back to right; within thin dotted border
Reverse Inscription
Below between borders, [A]NT[A?]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Lion (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph