- Co 388 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Heraclea) [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 I 667, p. 292
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2259, p. 91
- Preservation comment
- Wear G. Edge slightly chipped; angular facets suggests clipping? Extensive, moderate pitting.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 72, no. 1141 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monograph, Sixth Century, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 4
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 8.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Heraclea (Thrace)
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.6
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, [and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- D N LEO PERP[ET AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Lion crouching to left and turning head back to right; thin wreath broken for mintmark (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, SMH[A]
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Lion (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 388 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Heraclea).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0388>
