- Co 599 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Antioch) [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 679, p. 293, pl. 26
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2813, p. 103
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/VG. Slightly nicked and broken edge; frequent, moderate to severe pitting and cratering has deformed faces; widespread, thick patches of greenish white bronze disease.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 54, no. 651 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Indeterminate Monogram, Fifth Century, Uncertain”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 9
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 7.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Antioch on the Orontes
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.8
- Obverse Description
- Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- Faint traces of letters
- Reverse Description
- Lion crouching (or standing?) to left; above right, circle [with cross]; all within wreath; outer dotted border?
- Reverse Inscription
- Below figure within wreath, ANT[A?}
- 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 599 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Antioch).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0599>
