Co 599 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Antioch) [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 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

Reverse Photograph