Co 519 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Cyzicus) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph