- Co 345 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [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
- Co 342
- Comparanda
- RIC X Leo I 721, p. 296
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Deeply and widely chipped ridge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting, rare scratching, and sparse but prominent gouging. Wide patches of white bronze corrosion on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 73, no. 1127 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Sixth Century, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 12
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 10.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.65
- Obverse Description
- Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right; within dotted border
- Obverse Inscription
- D N LEO - [ ]
- Reverse Description
- Regular Greek monogram of emperor within wreath tied flat below
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, KOⲤ (traces)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 345 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0345>
