- Co 651 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [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 714, p. 295
- Comparanda
- LRBC II.2272, p. 91
- Preservation comment
- Wear: P/G. One large marginal chip; slight to moderate, somewhat sparse pitting and rare flaking. One small patch of gray encrustation (or corrosion?).
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 81, no. 1271 (“Illegible … Tessera?”)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- AE4
- Numismatic Authority
- Leo I (eastern emperor, 457-474)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 11.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Constantinople
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 1.27
- Obverse Description
- Pearl-diademed bust of emperor to right (traces)
- Obverse Inscription
- D N L-EO (traces)
- Reverse Description
- Empress standing facing, holding globus cruciger and transverse sceptre
- Reverse Inscription
- To left and right, b – Ⲉ; to left of figure, Ⲉ
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Aelia Verina (empress, 457-474)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 651 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0651>
