Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 407 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Thessalonica)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 474
Not before (date): 457
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: JLR 2024: CHECK COIN AND GET PIX
Comparanda: RIC X Leo I 695, p. 294 (Special Thessalonican Form)
Preservation comment: Wear: P.
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 57, no. 779 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Roman/Early Byzantine”)
Has denomination: AE4
Numismatic Authority: Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 11.0
Numismatic Mint: Thessalonica
Numismatic Weight (g): 1.2
Obverse Description: Nothing visible
Reverse Inscription: Monogram of emperor
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Suggested citation: “Co 407 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Thessalonica).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0407>