- Co 391 (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
- RIC X Leo I 674, p. 293, pl. 26
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2260, p. 91
- Preservation comment
- Wear: G. Roughly 20% edge snapped off from obverse upper left; rounded and sparsely cracked from heavy usage. Dense, moderate pitting across both surfaces; small, thin patches of white to greenish blue corrosion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 64, no. 1010 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Justin I or Justinian, Uncertain, Nummus“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 4
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 8.5
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.59
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] LEO P [F] AV[G]
- Reverse Description
- Lion crouching to left and turning head back to right; within wreath broken for mintmark
- 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
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 391 (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/co0391>
