- Co 399 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Cyzicus) [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 678, p. 293
- Comparanda
- LRBC 2611, p. 99
- Preservation comment
- Wear: aG/aF. Nicked edge; extensive, minute pitting. Thin film of pale green bronze disease on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 776 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 7
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 12.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Cyzicus
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.03
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed and draped bust of emperor to right (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N] LEO [P F AVG]
- Reverse Description
- Lion crouching to left and turning head back to right; within wreath broken for mintmark
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, CVZ
- 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 399 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Cyzicus).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0399>
