Co 327 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [permalink] [show fewer 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 I 674, p. 250, pl. 26

Preservation comment

Wear: G/P. Deeply chipped edge; sparse, slight pitting and rare scratching. Small, thin patches of white to pale blue bronze disease on both faces.

Published as

KenchreaiIII, p. 53, no. 643 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Leo I, A.D. 457-474, Uncertain“)

Axis (1-12)

7

Has denomination

AE4

Numismatic Authority

Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)

Numismatic Diameter (mm)

11.5

Numismatic Mint

Constantinople

Numismatic Weight (g)

0.56

Obverse Description

Pearl-diademed and draped [and cuirassed?] bust of emperor to right

Obverse Inscription

[D N LEO P] F AV[G]

Reverse Description

Lion crouching to left and looking back to right; within wreath broken for mintmark (traces)

Reverse Inscription

In exergue, CON

Belongs to Historical Period

Late Roman (Historical Period)

Material

Bronze (Material)

Has visual motif (depicts)

Lion (Visual Motif)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph