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- Co 399 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Cyzicus) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
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474
- Not before (date)
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457
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
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Coin
- Comparanda
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RIC X, Leo I 678, p. 293
- Comparanda
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LRBC 2611, p. 99
- Contributor Notes
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2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Contributor Notes
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2023: JLR enhanced description.
- Preservation description
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Wear: aG/aF. Nicked edge; extensive, minute pitting. Thin film of pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 776 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
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7
- Has denomination
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AE4
- Numismatic Authority
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Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
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12.0
- Numismatic Mint
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Cyzicus
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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1.03
- Obverse Description
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Pearl-diademed and draped bust of emperor to right (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
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Ḍ Ṇ Ḷ[E]Ọ [P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
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Lion crouching to left and turning head back to right; within wreath broken for mintmark
- Reverse Inscription
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In exergue, C̣ṾẒ
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Lion (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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