Co 651 (Late Roman bronze coin of Leo I from Constantinople) [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 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

Reverse Photograph