- Co 519 (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, pl. 26
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2611, p. 99
- Preservation comment
- Wear G. Roughly 20% of edge torn from obverse upper left; remaining edge nicked. Extensive, moderate pitting and sparse scratching. Small, thin patches of pale green corrosion on obverse.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 58, no. 809 (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)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Cyzicus
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.93
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed, draped, [and cuirassed] bust of emperor to right
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N LEO] P F AVG
- Reverse Description
- Lion crouching to left and looking 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 519 (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/co0519>
