- Co 597 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Is Part Of
- Coin Finds
- Not after (date)
- 474
- Not before (date)
- 457
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/ontology/weight
- 0.49
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- RIC X Leo I (east) 674
- Contributor Notes
- 2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Contributor Notes
- 2023: JLR clarified identification.
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Obverse Description
- Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of emperor to right (“barbarous“ style)
- Obverse Inscription
- [D N LEO P F] ẠVG
- Reverse Description
- Lion crouching to left and turning back to right; within wreath broken by mintmark
- Reverse Inscription
- In exergue, [C]ỌṆ
- Diameter
- 10.0
- 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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