Co 599 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Antioch) [permalink]
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
Contributor Notes
2011 (late May): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2022-2023: JLR refined description after consultation with Alan Walker.
Preservation description
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, ẠṆṬ[A?]
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Lion (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph